Benjamin Land

After graduating from law school, Land chose to join Jerry Buchanan and his brother Clay at a recently created law firm in his hometown of Columbus, Georgia rather than join a larger firm in Atlanta.^[4] Land stayed at the firm all ten years with Clay before the latter was nominated by George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, and 25+1⁄2 years with Buchanan.^[4] Land's speciality as a lawyer was dealing with complex civil litigation.^[5] While he worked in Columbus, Land was the president of the Columbus Inn of Court and the Columbus Bar Association.^[6]

Land left private practice on February 7, 2018, when he was appointed by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to serve as Muscogee County Superior Court judge as a part of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit.^[7] He served as the president of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Bar Association while in that position.^[8]

On February 14, 2022, Land was appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals to replace judge Andrew Pinson by governor Brian Kemp.^[9] Land became the first person from Columbus to serve on the Court of Appeals in its history.^[10] Land won reelection as judge in 2024, with no opposition running against him.^[11] In January 2025, Land and two of his colleagues ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could not revive her racketeering case against president Donald Trump.^[12] This came a month after Land opposed a ruling by those same colleagues that Willis should be disqualified from the 2020 Georgia election investigation because of the latter's relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.^[12][13]

On July 17, 2025, Land was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia by Brian Kemp to replace outgoing judge Michael P. Boggs.^[5] Land was sworn in on July 24.^[14]

Legal offices
Preceded by Michael P. Boggs	Associate Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court 2025–present	Incumbent