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Carla McMillian

Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia

Carla McMillian is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, serving since 2020. She previously served on the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2020 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2013	Court of Appeals of Georgia	–	–
2020	Supreme Court of Georgia	–	–

Education

Duke University
University of Georgia

Judicial Record

In our data, McMillian authored 222 published opinions for the court (2013–2019), plus 1 dissent and 5 concurrences. Most cited: UWork.Com, Inc. v. Paragon Technologies, Inc. (47 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 228 of these were attributed to McMillian by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2013	UWork.Com, Inc. v. Paragon Technologies, Inc.†	321 Ga. App. 584	47
2014	GODWIN v. MIZPAH FARMS, LLLP Et Al.†	330 Ga. App. 31	43
2018	Shawn Daniel Meintz v. State†	810 S.E.2d 602	33
2014	Ware v. Multibank 2009-1 RES-ADC Venture, LLC†	327 Ga. App. 245	32
2013	In the Interest of C. J. V.†	323 Ga. App. 283	32
2014	American Strategic Insurance v. Helm†	327 Ga. App. 482	30
2015	Silvey v. the State†	335 Ga. App. 383	26
2013	Shepherd v. Greer, Klosic & Daugherty†	325 Ga. App. 188	24
2017	American Safety Indemnity Company v. Sto Corp.†	342 Ga. App. 263	22
2013	LeCroy v. Bragg†	319 Ga. App. 884	22
2014	Flading v. State†	327 Ga. App. 346	20
2013	Brown v. State†	322 Ga. App. 446	20
2015	CHRISTOPHER SHELNUTT v. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH†	333 Ga. App. 446	19
2019	Burgess v. State†	824 S.E.2d 99	18
2016	Steele v. State†	337 Ga. App. 562	18

Showing the 15 most-cited of 228 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Georgia reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court is Carla McMillian on?: Carla McMillian is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

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6 years on the Supreme Court of Georgia. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).