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Justice Leah Ward Sears - Seizing Serendipity (Paperback)
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Justice Leah Ward Sears - Seizing Serendipity (Paperback)
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This is the first full biography of Justice Leah Ward Sears. In
1992 Sears became the first woman and youngest justice to sit on
the Supreme Court of Georgia. In 2005 she became the first African
American woman to serve as chief justice of any state supreme court
in the country. This book explores her childhood in a career
military family; her education; her early work as an attorney; her
rise through Georgia's city, county, and state court systems; and
her various pursuits after leaving the supreme court in 2009, when
she transitioned into a life that was no less active or public. As
the biography recounts Sears's life and career, it is filled with
instances of how Sears made her own luck by demonstrating a
sharpness of mind and sagacious insight, a capacity for grueling
hard work, and a relentless drive to succeed. Sears also maintained
a strict devotion to judicial independence and the rule of law,
which led to decisions that would surprise conservatives and
liberals alike, earned the friendship of figures as diverse as
Ambassador Andrew Young and Justice Clarence Thomas, and solidified
a reputation that would land her on the short list of replacements
for two retiring U.S. Supreme Court justices. As a woman, an
African American, a lawyer, and a judge, Sears has known successes
as well as setbacks. Justice Leah Ward Sears shows that despite
political targeting, the death of her beloved father, a painful
divorce, and a brother's suicide, she has persevered and prevailed.
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