Administrative Orders 2025
Court Orders approving revisions to Court and other rules are available in the section Court Orders: Amending Supreme Court, Uniform Trial Court and Other Rules.
DECEMBER
December 19, 2025: Order approving amendments to the Rules and Regulations for the Organization and Government of the State Bar of Georgia, effective February 5, 2026. Motion to Amend 2025-9 | Motion to Amend 2025-10
December 17, 2025: Georgia Bar Foundation Board of Trustees – Appointment Order
December 16, 2025: Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency – Appointment Order
December 15, 2025: Order approving amendments and revisions to Supreme Court of Georgia Rules, effective January 15, 2026.
Part I. Rule 4 (Requirements for Attorneys, Registered Law Students, and Persons Authorized to Practice Under the Provisional Admissions Rules) adds new subsection (5) (Counsel of Record) to clarify the definition of counsel of record and to establish the requirement that any additional attorney seeking to appear must file a notice of appearance; Rule 4(9) (Pro Hac Vice Appearance) revised to clarify that certificates of good standing must be submitted from the highest court of each jurisdiction in which the applicant is admitted, and that each certificate must be dated no more than 30 days before submission; Rule 6(2) (Frivolous Appeals) provides that erroneous citations to authority unsupported by caselaw or the record may constitute grounds for imposition of sanctions.
Part II. Filings, Rule 20(8) (Page or Word Limitation) amended to establish lengths on requests for extensions; Rule 27 (Motions for Reconsideration) amended to set new limitations on length for motions for reconsideration; new Rule 29 (Election Contest Case) establishes specific filing requirements for appeals in election-contest cases.
Part V. Post-Conviction Habeas Corpus Appeals; Original Petitions, Rule 36(2) (Original Petitions) be amended to set out the procedures and preliminary requirements for filing original petitions.
Part X. Calendar; Oral Argument, Rule 53 (Order of Argument) amended to memorialize the procedures for uninterrupted opening arguments and the reservation of time for rebuttal; Rule 55(3) (Counsel) amended to specify who may be seated at counsel table.
Other revisions update citation styles, add references to the revised Unified Appeal Procedure, and make other non-substantive edits.
NOVEMBER
November 18, 2025: Amendment to the State Bar of Georgia Rules (Motion to Amend 2023-1) (Lawyer Advertising)
November 10, 2025: Amendment to the State Bar of Georgia Rules (Motion to Amend 2024-2) (Continuing Legal Education)
November 4, 2025: State Bar of Georgia Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law – Appointment Order
AUGUST
August 7, 2025: Board of Bar Examiners – Grader Order
August 7, 2025: Committee on Justice for Children – Appointment Order
JULY
July 11, 2025: Investigative Panel of Judicial Qualifications Commission – Temporary Appointment Order (judge member)
July 8, 2025: Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism – Appointment Order
July 2, 2025: State Bar of Georgia, Special Masters – Appointment Order
JUNE
June 18, 2025: Investigative Panel of Judicial Qualifications Commission – Temporary Appointment Order (attorney member)
June 18, 2025: Investigative Panel of Judicial Qualifications Commission – Temporary Appointment Order (citizen member)
June 18, 2025: State Bar of Georgia, Special Master Compensation Commission – Appointment Order
June 9, 2025: Amendment to the State Bar of Georgia Rules (Motion to Amend 2025-6)
June 9, 2025: Amendment to the State Bar of Georgia Rules (Motion to Amend 2025-7)
June 9, 2025: State Bar of Georgia State Disciplinary Board – Appointment Order
June 5, 2025: Investigative Panel of Judicial Qualifications Commission – Appointment Order
MAY
May 8, 2025: Agreement for Inter-County Judicial Assistance in the Magistrate Courts of the Waycross Judicial Circuit – Order
May 1, 2025: Amendment to the State Bar of Georgia Rules (Motion to Amend 2025-1)
May 1, 2025: Amendment to the State Bar of Georgia Rules (Motion to Amend 2025-3)
May 1, 2025: Amendment to the State Bar of Georgia Rules (Motion to Amend 2025-4)
APRIL
April 30, 2025: Georgia Bar Foundation Board of Trustees – Appointment Order
April 3, 2025: Standing Committee on Judicial Workload Assessment – Appointment Order
MARCH
March 27, 2025: State Bar of Georgia, Special Masters – Appointment Order
March 13, 2025: State Bar of Georgia, Special Masters – Appointment Order
March 13, 2025: Georgia Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission – Appointment Order.
March 13, 2025: Amendment to the State Bar of Georgia Rules: Rule 1-501 (License Fees), and Rule 1-501.1 (License Fees – Late Fee)
March 4, 2025: Investigative Panel of Judicial Qualifications Commission – Appointment Order
March 4, 2025: Hearing Panel of Judicial Qualifications Commission – Appointment Order
FEBRUARY
February 27, 2025: Supreme Court – Leadership Order
February 27, 2025: Board of Bar Examiners – Grader Order
February 17, 2025: Unlicensed Practice of Law Standing Committee – Appointment Order
February 14, 2025: Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency – Appointment Order
JANUARY
January 31, 2025: Amendment to the State Bar of Georgia Rules
January 23, 2025: Board of Bar Examiners – Appointment Order
January 21, 2025: Inclement Weather Closing Order effective January 22, 2025
January 20, 2025: Inclement Weather Closing Order effective January 21, 2025
January 9, 2025: Inclement Weather Closing Order effective January 10, 2025