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The United States District Court for the District of Georgia was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. [1] The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by 9 Stat. 280 .
J. Antonio DelCampo: [21] [22] First Hispanic American male to serve as a Judge of the State Court of DeKalb County in Georgia (2002) Mike Jacobs: [61] First openly LGBT judge in DeKalb County, Georgia (2018) [62] Dr. Franklin Goldwire: [63] First African American male to serve as a magistrate judge of the Effingham County Magistrate Court ...
Georgia State-wide Business Court [4] Georgia State Courts [5] Georgia Magistrate Courts [6] Georgia Juvenile Courts [7] Georgia Probate Courts [8] Georgia Municipal Courts [9] Federal courts located in Georgia. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (headquartered in Atlanta, having jurisdiction over the United States District ...
Other courts, including county recorder's courts, civil courts and other agencies in existence on June 30, 1983, may continue with the same jurisdiction until otherwise provided by law. [12] Each county in Georgia has at least one superior court, magistrate court, probate court, and where needed a state court and a juvenile court; in the ...
A court order by Judge Ryan Hill upheld one charge in a recent indictment against Timothy Simpkins but said two others violate double jeopardy. Judge grants Timberview High School shooter relief ...
Layla Zon: [53] [54] First female District Attorney and Judge of the Superior Court in the Alcovy Circuit Court, Georgia (2010) [Newton and Walton Counties, Georgia] Edith Elizabeth House: [ 13 ] First female graduate from the University of Georgia School of Law (1925) [ Athens-Clark County, Georgia ]
Other names for the court have been small claims court or the people’s court. Georgia has 159 magistrate courts, including one in Chatham County. ... residents can access online records held by ...
In Georgia, each county has a chief magistrate, elected by the voters of the county, who has the authority to hold preliminary hearings in criminal cases, conduct bench trials for certain misdemeanor offenses, including deposit account fraud (bad checks), grant bail (except as to very serious felony charges), and preside over a small claims court for cases where the amount in controversy does ...