Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears is also on the short list, a senior White House official tells ABC News. Sears, who will turn 55 in June, was the first female African-American chief justice in US history, and when nominated for the state supreme court by then-Gov. Zell Miller in 1992, she became the first woman and the youngest person to ever sit on the court.She stepped down from the court last year and currently practices law at Schiff Hardin.
A graduate of Emory University Law School, Sears was on President Obama’s short list last year. A member of the left-leaning American Constitution Society, she is also a friend of conservative Justice Clarence Thomas.
Michael H. Drucker
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