Ms. Liesa Ann Gholson

State Board of Workers' Compensation

The Honorable Liesa A. Gholson joined the State Board of Workers’ Compensation in 2000 as a mediator and staff attorney after years of working in law firm and corporate environments.    In 2006, she became Division Director of the Settlements Division and then later, the first Division Director of the Division of Process Improvement and Oversight, which includes the operation of ICMS and training for both Board staff and outside users. 

Judge Gholson has been an Administrative Law Judge since 2008. She has served in both the Trial Division and in the Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) Division. She spent several years as Deputy Division Director of the ADR Division before being named Division Director in 2019; she stepped back into the Deputy Division Director role in late 2023. Judge Gholson attended Georgia Institute of Technology and Universidad de Salamanca before completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Georgia. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Georgia’s School of Law. She is a frequent speaker on mediations and workers’ compensation topics.

Judge Gholson enjoys photography, languages, travel, and patio gardening.