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Benjamin Land
Associate Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 24, 2025
Appointed byBrian Kemp
Preceded byMichael P. Boggs
Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals
In office
July 20, 2022 – July 23, 2025
Appointed byBrian Kemp
Preceded byAndrew Pinson
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
BornBenjamin Arthur Land
EducationUniversity of Georgia (BBA, JD)

Benjamin Arthur Land is an American lawyer who was appointed to serve as an associate justice of the Georgia Supreme Court since 2025. He served as a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals from 2022 to 2025.

Education

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Land received a Bachelor of Business Administration summa cum laude from the University of Georgia in 1989 and his Juris Doctor summa cum laude, with him finishing with the second-best GPA in his class, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1992.[1][2] While at Georgia Law, Land served on the editorial board for the Georgia Law Review, clerked with Georgia Supreme Court justice George T. Smith, and was elected to the Order of the Coif.[1][3]

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After graduating from law school, Land chose to join Jerry Buchanan and his brother Clay at a recently created law firm in his hometown of Columbus, Georgia rather than join a larger firm in Atlanta.[3] Land stayed at the firm all ten years with Clay before the latter was nominated by George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, and 25+1⁄2 years with Buchanan.[3] Land's speciality as a lawyer was dealing with complex civil litigation.[4] While he worked in Columbus, Land was the president of the Columbus Inn of Court and the Columbus Bar Association.[5]

Judicial career

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Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit

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Land left private practice on February 7, 2018, when he was appointed by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to serve as Muscogee County Superior Court judge as a part of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit.[6] He served as the president of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Bar Association while in that position.[7]

Georgia Court of Appeals

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On February 14, 2022, Land was appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals to replace judge Andrew Pinson by governor Brian Kemp.[8] Land became the first person from Columbus to serve on the Court of Appeals in its history.[9] Land won reelection as judge in 2024, with no opposition running against him.[10] In January 2025, Land and two of his colleagues ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could not revive her racketeering case against president Donald Trump.[11] This came a month after Land opposed a ruling by those same colleagues that Willis should be disqualified from the 2020 Georgia election investigation because of the latter's relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.[11][12]

Georgia Supreme Court

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On July 17, 2025, Land was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia by Brian Kemp to replace outgoing judge Michael P. Boggs.[4] Land was sworn in on July 24.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rankin, Bill; Hallerman, Tamar (June 4, 2024). "Meet the Georgia judges who will hear appeal of challenge to DA Fani Willis". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  2. ^ Williams, Chuck (July 17, 2025). "Columbus native Judge Ben Land appointed by governor to Georgia Supreme Court". WRBL. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "A View from the Trial Bench and from the Appellate Bench" (PDF). Georgia Courts Journal. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Gov. Kemp appoints Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin Land to the Georgia Supreme Court". The Associated Press. July 17, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  5. ^ Berry, Josiah (July 17, 2025). "Columbus's own Judge Benjamin Land appointed to Georgia Supreme Court". WTVM. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  6. ^ "Gov. Deal announces Muscogee County Superior Court Judge". WTVM. January 30, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  7. ^ Mayfield, Cedra (July 22, 2025). "From Judge to Justice: Benjamin Land Outlines High Court Expectations". Law.com. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  8. ^ Williams, Chuck (February 14, 2022). "Governor appoints Judge Ben Land to Georgia Court of Appeals; Judge Ben Richardson and John Martin to Superior Court". WRBL. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  9. ^ Williams, Chuck (July 20, 2022). "Judge Ben Land becomes the first Columbus lawyer to sit on Georgia Court of Appeals". WRBL. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  10. ^ "Election Night Reporting". Clarity Elections. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  11. ^ a b Manins, Rosie (July 17, 2025). "Kemp appoints appellate judge to Georgia Supreme Court". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  12. ^ Hakim, Danny; Fausset, Richard (December 19, 2024). "Appeals Court Disqualifies Fani Willis From Prosecuting Georgia Trump Case". The New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  13. ^ Mayfield, Cedra (July 24, 2025). "'35 Years Later, I'm Standing Before You': Judge Benjamin Land Sworn In as Justice". Law.com. Retrieved August 30, 2025.