Presiding Justice David E. Nahmias was unanimously elected by colleagues on Thursday to become the next Chief Justice of Georgia’s Supreme Court, according to a media release from the court. He will succeed Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, who will resign from that post on July 1, 2021, after 16 years of service as a justice. In addition, Michael P. Boggs was unanimously elected as the next Presiding Justice.