Judge Barbara Brown
Judge Brown obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, and earned her J.D. from Walter F. George School of Law in Macon in 1984. After admission to the Georgia Bar in 1984, Judge Brown was in private practice until 1988, when she became employed with the State of Georgia as a hearing officer with the Georgia Department of Human Resources. From the formation of the Office of State Administrative Hearings in April 1995 to date, she has worked as an administrative law judge. Judge Brown has served as President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Georgia Association of Administrative Judiciary.
Judge David Langston
Judge Langston attended Georgia Military College and received an academic award for excellence in the study of military history. He graduated from Georgia College with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1976. He served on active duty in the US Army as a squad leader with the Second Infantry Division in Korea from 1973-1974. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for distinguished service. He attended John Marshall Law School in Atlanta and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1979. He served with the Georgia Department of Transportation as staff attorney and as a State Hearing Officer. He was appointed a professional lecturer with the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council teaching courses in evidence, constitutional law, administrative search and seizure, courtroom demeanor and testimony and civil liability under color of law. He served as Section Chair for the Administrative Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, and President of the Georgia Association of the Administrative Judiciary.
Charmaine Hooke-PowellMs. Hooke-Powell graduated cum laude, from Hunter College in 1988. In 1990, she received her M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University. She later attended Seton Hall University, New Jersey and studied Administration & Supervision of Higher Education. Ms. Hooke-Powell served two terms on both the Malcolm Baldrige Board of Examiner and the New Jersey Quality Awards Board. She also served on the Georgia Oglethorpe Board of Examiners. In 2002, Ms. Hooke-Powell joined the Administrative Court from Bloomfield College in New Jersey where she served for over nine years as an adjunct faculty and later as the Director of Systems Administration. At the OSAH, she is responsible for the court’s technology – among other things. She is married and has one son.
Jessica WangJessica Wang joined the Office of State Administrative Hearings as a staff attorney in 2018 and was appointed as General Counsel in 2025. Previously, she was a litigation associate at Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan in Atlanta. She also clerked for the Honorable Alan J. Baverman, United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Georgia. Jessica graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was an Executive Editor of the Michigan Law Review. Before attending law school, Jessica taught composition and literature.
Judge Max Wood

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Governor Zell Miller

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