Hon. Elizabeth Dallas Gobeil

Georgia Court of Appeals

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Judge Elizabeth Gobeil was appointed by Governor Deal to the Court of Appeals of Georgia on June 5, 2018 and was elected statewide in 2020. She’s a graduate of Emory University and the UGA School of Law.  Judge Gobeil spent the bulk of her career practicing general civil and life sciences law, including serving as a partner at Thompson Hine, LLP. and as in house counsel for two global pharmaceutical companies. Immediately prior to joining the bench, she was a Board member and Appellate Division Judge for the State Board of Workers’ Compensation, a position Governor Deal appointed her to serve in November of 2012.  Early in her career, she worked in Washington, DC for the late U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell, where she met her husband Bart.

Currently, Judge Gobeil serves on the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism, the Judicial Council Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts (where she co-chairs the taskforce's subcommittee on access to justice and community engagement), the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education (ICJE), and Emory University’s Board of Visitors. Among other involvements, she is a member of the Rotary Club of Savannah, the State Bar of Georgia, the Savannah Bar Association, the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, the Bleckley Inn of Court, and the Community Council of the Savannah Classical Academy.

Originally from Thomaston, Georgia, she and Bart now reside in Savannah, Georgia with their beloved (and spoiled) dog, Dutton.