Executive Committee

2025-26 State Bar Executive Committee

The Board of Governors elects six of its members to serve on the Executive Committee each year with the Officers. The Executive Committee exercises the power of the Board of Governors when it is not in session.

Click here for a list of upcoming Executive Committee meetings and access to meeting minutes.

Christopher P. Twyman

President

Cox Byington Twyman LLP

711 Broad St.

Rome, GA 30161

PHONE: 706-291-2002

chris.twyman@cbtjlaw.com

William C. “Bill” Gentry

President-Elect

Gentry Law Firm LLC

254 Roswell St. SE

Marietta, GA 30060

PHONE: 770-425-5573

bill@gentrylawfirm.law

R. Javoyne Hicks

Treasurer

Magnifying Synergy, LLC

8735 Dunwoody Place, Suite R

Atlanta, GA 30350

PHONE: 678-642-1115

javoynestatebarofga@gmail.com

Shiriki Cavitt Jones

Secretary

Premier Transportation

P.O. Box 16902

Atlanta, GA 30321

PHONE: 404-675-1950, ext. 1110

Ivy N. Cadle

Immediate Past President

Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC

P.O. Box 5047

Macon, GA 31208-5047

PHONE: 478-750-0777

icadle@bakerdonelson.com

Veronica Rogusky Cox

YLD President

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

100 Alabama St. SW, Suite 4R30

Atlanta, GA 30303

PHONE: 470-219-4837

veronica.rogusky.cox@eeoc.gov

Kenneth Mitchell Jr.

YLD Immediate Past President

Giddens, Mitchell & Associates, P.C.

3951 Snapfinger Parkway, Suite 555

Decatur, GA 30035

PHONE: 770-987-7007

kmitchell@gmpclaw.com

Thua G. Barlay

Rockdale Circuit

Lueder Larkin & Hunter LLC

861 Commerce Drive SW, Suite 200

Conyers, GA 30094

PHONE: 770-602-9924

tbarlay@luederlaw.com

Norbert D. “Bert” Hummel IV

Cobb Circuit, Post 7

Hummel Law LLC

3450 Acworth Due West Road, Suite 610

Kennesaw, GA 30144

PHONE: 404-689-0101

bert@gatrialattorneys.com

Joyce Gist Lewis

Atlanta Circuit, Post 12

Kevolin & Horst LLC

1201 W. Peachtree St., Suite 3250

Atlanta, GA 30309

PHONE: 404-888-9700

jlewis@khlawfirm.com

David S. Lipscomb

Gwinnett Circuit, Post 1

Attorney at Law

175 Langley Drive, Building C, Suite 1

Lawrenceville, GA 30046

PHONE: 770-995-2515

david@lipscomblaw.com

R. Gary Spencer

Atlanta Circuit, Post 13

NAACP LDF

260 Peachtree St. NW, Suite 2300

Atlanta, GA 30303

PHONE: 202-216-5578

gspencer@naacpldf.org

Martin E. Valbuena

Paulding Circuit

Martin Enrique Valbuena PC

113 Village Walk, Suite B

P.O. Box 1125

Dallas, GA 30132

PHONE: 770-443-2204

martinvalbuenapc@bellsouth.net