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The state also has a Court of Appeals made of 15 judges. [11] Georgia is divided into 49 judicial circuits, each of which has a Superior Court consisting of local citizens numbering between two and 19 members depending on the circuit population. Under the 1983 Constitution, Georgia also has magistrate courts, probate courts, juvenile courts ...
Charles "Chuck" Eaton Jr. (born April 1, 1969) is a Judge on the Fulton County Superior Court in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. [1] He was appointed to the Court by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on August 12, 2021.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; In office March 3, 2011 – January 1, 2025: Appointed by: Barack Obama: Preceded by: Orinda Dale Evans: Succeeded by: Tiffany R. Johnson: Judge of the Georgia Superior Court for the Western Judicial Circuit; In office 1995–2011: Appointed by: Zell Miller
While no agency tracks judicial threats of Georgia judges, data from the U.S. Marshals Service shows that credible threats against federal judges has increased from 179 in 2019 to 457 in 2023, he ...
Since 1896, justices on the Supreme Court and judges on the Court of Appeals have been directly elected in statewide elections. Judicial elections were made non-partisan in 1983. Elections for nonpartisan state judgeships have been held on the date of the legislative primary since 2012, and were previously held on the general election ballot in ...
From 2012 to 2017, Johnson worked as a litigation associate at the Atlanta law firm of Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP. From 2017 to 2025, she served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia; she served in the office's civil division until 2020, when she was transferred to its criminal division.
To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.
Florence Taylor Barner was the first Haitian-American judge to be elected in Broward County in 2016. [74] [75] [76] Clermont was sworn in on January 7, 2025, [77] by Chief Judge Jack Tuter and commenced his term. [78] [79] Judge Clermont is a County Court Judge assigned to handle Criminal division SB, and Civil Division 62.