GA · rules
Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R. 18.8
Election of Ineligibility
In view of the foregoing limitations upon service and compensation of senior judges, senior
judges may elect to declare themselves ineligible to serve as judges and may engage in the
private practice of law if and when authorized by law. Such election shall be made in writing
delivered to the Supreme Court. Senior judges shall be entitled to draw their earned retirement
pay and shall be entitled to additional compensation for serving as arbitrators, mediators and any
other neutral in an alternative dispute process and as special masters, receivers, auditors and
referees.
A senior judge who has elected to practice law shall not thereafter be eligible to serve as a judge
except upon petition showing good cause to and with the approval of the Supreme Court. Having
once been reinstated as eligible to serve as judge by the Supreme Court, no second such petition
shall be granted.
No judge shall call upon any senior judge to serve who is exercising the right to practice law and
no senior judge who is exercising the right to practice law shall agree to serve as a judge.
History
Amended effective November 12, 1992; October 7, 2010.
Provenance
- Source
- georgiasuperiorcourts.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
200fc084192e442b31a7a2e715dbe3573c296de1203c12f842e396336f5fe024
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