Georgia's Supreme Court justices on Thursday unanimously elected a new top judge for the state. Presiding Justice Nels Peterson is set to become Supreme Court chief justice on April 1, according to a news release from the court.

Nels Peterson has been unanimously elected as the new chief justice of Georgia's Supreme Court, effective April 1, following Chief Justice Michael Boggs' decision to step down. Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren has been chosen as the next presiding justice,

Nels S.D. Peterson, an East Cobb resident who has served on the Georgia Supreme Court since 2016, has been named the body's Chief Justice. He succeeds