Sara L. Doyle

Professional career

• Began as a civil litigator at Wilson, Strickland & Benson, P.C. and subsequently became an equity partner and litigator at Holland & Knight LLP
• Judge Doyle has also sat by designation on the Supreme Court of Georgia and on Georgia’s State-wide Business Court

Education

Additional information

• In 2014 and 2020, she was re-elected unopposed to her second and third terms.
• From July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2017, Judge Doyle was the Court’s Chief Judge where she was instrumental in implementing a historic jurisdiction shift of cases from the Supreme Court, the addition of a new fifth division adding three more judges to the Court, and funding and design of the new Nathan Deal Judicial Center.
• was elected to the Georgia Court of Appeals in December, 2008 and took office on January 1, 2009.
• Awarded an A.V. Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale‐Hubbell and was named a Georgia Super Lawyer (2004–2008)
• Born January 2, 1968 in Dallas, Texas, Doyle obtained a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Florida in 1990 and a J.D. cum laude from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law in 1994, where she was a member of the Mercer Law Review.
• focusing on education law.
• Prior to taking office, she was an equity partner with the national law firm of Holland & Knight, LLP where she practiced law with a focus on education issues.