Georgia’s top judge will step-down from her post next year when her term ends. Leah Ward Sears says she will focus on jobs in the private sector--perhaps taking the reigns as a university president or a role at a civil rights law firm. The 53-year-old Sears has served on Georgia’s Supreme Court since 1992, and is the first black female to lead the court. Sears has been mentioned as a potential U.S. Supreme Court nominee, and doesn’t rule out an eventual return to the public sector.
