Susan W. Cox of Edenfield, Cox & Bruce in Statesboro was re-elected to serve on the Board of Governors of the 50,000-member State Bar of Georgia and was installed June 8 during the organization’s Annual Meeting.

Cox will continue to serve in the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit, Post 2 seat on the board, representing Bulloch, Effingham, Jenkins and Screven counties. 

She earned her law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law and was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1978. 

Cox focuses her law practice in the areas of business and general litigation, domestic relations law, education law, mediations, personal injury and medical malpractice law and wrongful death cases. She is a past president of the Bulloch County Bar Association.

The Board of Governors is the 160-member policymaking authority of the State Bar, with representation from each of Georgia’s judicial circuits. The board holds regular meetings at least four times per year.

The State Bar of Georgia, with offices in Atlanta, Savannah and Tifton, was established in 1964 by Georgia’s Supreme Court as the successor to the voluntary Georgia Bar Association, founded in 1884. 

All lawyers licensed to practice in Georgia belong to the State Bar. 

Its more than 50,000 members work together to strengthen the constitutional promise of justice for all, promote principles of duty and public service among Georgia’s lawyers, and administer a strict code of legal ethics.