P. Harris Hines

Professional career

• Judge, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1995-present
• 1995–2018: Associate Justice, Georgia Supreme Court, appointed by Governor Zell Miller
• P. Harris Hines (1943 – 2018) was a distinguished jurist who held the role of Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court from 2017 to 2018, and as an Associate Justice from 1995 until his retirement in 2018
• 2013–2016: Presiding Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
• 1982–1995: Judge, Superior Court of Cobb County
• 1974–1982: Judge, State Court of Cobb County, appointed by then-Governor Jimmy Carter
• Began his legal career in 1969 as a partner at Edwards, Bentley, Awtrey & Parker in Marietta, GA
• He later held the role of law clerk to Judge E. A. Wright of Fulton County’s Civil Court

Education

Additional information

• Appointed to the court on July 26, 1995, by Democratic Governor Zell Miller.
• Born September 6, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia, to James and Edith Hawkins Hines, P. Harris Hines graduated from Henry W. Grady High School, obtained a B.A. from Emory University in 1965, and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law in 1968
• focusing on civil defense and business litigation.
• Harris Hines had over 50 years of legal service in Georgia, combining judicial leadership with active community engagement.
• He was a member of numerous professional and civic organizations, including the State Bar of Georgia, Kiwanis Club of Marietta, and the Cobb Judicial Circuit Bar Association