Charles Mikell

Charles Mikell

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

Georgia Court of Appeals

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Education

Bachelor's

Princeton University, 1963

Graduate

University of North Carolina

Law

University of Georgia School of Law, 1976

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Charles B. Mikell was a judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals. He was appointed to the court in May of 2000 and was retained by voters in 2002 and 2008. He retired from the court on August 31, 2012.

In 2011, he was elected Chief Judge by his peers on the court. He served from November 2011 to December 2011.

Military service

After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1963, Mikell served for five years in the U.S. Army, stationed in various parts of Europe and Vietnam.

Education

Mikell graduated from Princeton University in 1963. He attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina for a degree in Central European History. He taught at Atlantic State University in 1973 and 1974, and then graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in 1976.

Career

After law school, Charles Mikell practiced law in Savannah until 1985, when he was appointed to the State Court of Chatham County. He was the Chief Judge on this court from 1989 to 1992. He was then elected to the Superior Court of Chatham County, a position he held until his appointment to the Court of Appeal.

Awards and associations

• 2011 Freedom Award, Savannah Branch of the NAACP

See also

• Georgia Court of Appeals

External links

• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Savannah Now, "Judge Mikell to become state Court of Appeals chief judge on Nov. 14," October 21, 2011

Footnotes

Georgia courts

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Federal courts:

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia

State courts:

Georgia Supreme Court • Georgia Court of Appeals • Georgia Superior Courts • Georgia State Courts • Georgia Business Court • Georgia Tax Court • Georgia Juvenile Courts • Georgia Probate Courts • Georgia Magistrate Courts • Georgia Municipal Courts

State resources:

Courts in Georgia • Georgia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Georgia