Charlie Bethel

Charlie Bethel
Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals
Assumed office
January 1, 2017
Appointed by Nathan Deal
Preceded by Michael P. Boggs
Member of the Georgia Senate
from the 54th district
In office
2011 – December 31, 2016
Personal details
Born 1976 (age 41–42)
Education University of Georgia, Terry College of Business B.B.A.
University of Georgia School of Law J.D.

Charlie Bethel (born 1976)[1] is a Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals who has been appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Supreme Court of Georgia. Before his judicial tenure, he served as Senator in the Georgia General Assembly from Dalton, Georgia.[2] Bethel was first elected Senator in the 2010 general election and served Georgia's 54th district—a constituency which includes Murray and Whitfield counties, and portions of Gordon and Pickens counties as well.[3]

Early life and education

Charlie Bethel graduated cum laude in 1998 from the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business with a Bachelor of Business Administration in business management. He stayed with the University of Georgia, graduating with a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2001. Bethel was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 2001 and practiced law from 2003–2005. He is admitted to practice law in all of Georgia's state courts, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Bethel was an assistant solicitor for the city of Dalton from 2003–2004.

Political career

Bethel was elected in 2010 and sworn into the Georgia Senate in 2011.[2] Bethel was a three-term Senator[4] and sat on the Senate Government Oversight, Insurance and Labor, Judiciary, Judiciary Non-Civil, and Reapportionment and Redistricting committees.[2]

Judicial career

On November 9, 2016, the day after being elected to his fourth Senate term,[4] Bethel was appointed to be a Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals by Governor Nathan Deal. He assumed the seat of Michael P. Boggs who was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia.[1] He took the bench on January 1, 2017, for a term that would have ended on December 31, 2018.

On September 14, 2018, Governor Deal appointed Bethel to the Supreme Court of Georgia to fill the seat vacated by the retirement of Harris Hines.[4][5] Bethel will officially join the higher court upon his swearing in.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ex-Sen. Charlie Bethel (SD 54): Here come da judge".
  2. 1 2 3 Senator Charlie Bethel. Senate.ga.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ District 54 Senator Charlie Bethel (R). Senate.ga.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Oliver, Charles. "Dalton native Charlie Bethel named to Supreme Court of Georgia". The Daily Citizen. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  5. ↑ "9/14/18 - CHIEF JUSTICE MELTON ON APPOINTMENT OF NEW JUSTICE TO SUPREME COURT". Supreme Court of Georgia. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
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