2016 - 2017 GEORGIA COURTS DIRECTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS Georgia Judges Appellate Courts Supreme Court.............................................................................................................................3 Court of Appeals..........................................................................................................................4 General and Special Jurisdiction Courts Superior Court Judges.................................................................................................................5 Senior Judges ............................................................................................................................11 State Court Judges.....................................................................................................................15 Juvenile Court Judges................................................................................................................19 Probate Court Judges.................................................................................................................22 Magistrate Court Judges...........................................................................................................27 Special Court Judges..................................................................................................................39 Municipal Court Judges............................................................................................................40 Federal Judges........................................................................................................................................53 Georgia Court Personnel Judicial Administrative Districts.........................................................................................................57 Court Administrators............................................................................................................................58 Superior Court Clerks...........................................................................................................................60 State Court Clerks..................................................................................................................................65 Juvenile Court Clerks............................................................................................................................66 District Attorneys..................................................................................................................................67 Solicitors-General..................................................................................................................................69 Public Defenders....................................................................................................................................71 Accountability Courts Coordinators...................................................................................................73 Georgia Court Councils and Agencies Judicial Council of Georgia ..................................................................................................................77 Judicial Council Administrative Offices.............................................................................................78 Supreme Court Clerk............................................................................................................................79 Reporter of Decisions............................................................................................................................79 Office of Bar Admissions......................................................................................................................79 Council of Superior Court Judges.......................................................................................................80 Council of State Court Judges..............................................................................................................81 Council of Juvenile Court Judges........................................................................................................82 Council of Probate Court Judges.........................................................................................................83 TABLE OF CONTENTS cont. Council of Magistrate Court Judges....................................................................................................84 Council of Municipal Court Judges....................................................................................................85 Council of Accountability Court Judges.............................................................................................86 Board of Court Reporting.....................................................................................................................86 Council of Superior Court Clerks........................................................................................................87 Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority..................................................................87 Institute of Continuing Judicial Education........................................................................................88 Georgia State Department of Law.......................................................................................................89 Judicial Qualifications Commission....................................................................................................89 Georgia Commission on Family Violence..........................................................................................90 County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council.......................................................................90 Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution.....................................................................................90 Office of State Administrative Hearings.............................................................................................90 Georgia Board of Workers’ Compensation........................................................................................90 Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia.......................................................................................90 Georgia Public Defender Standards Council.....................................................................................90 Judicial Nominating Commission.......................................................................................................90 Criminal Justice Coordinating Council..............................................................................................90 Georgia Appellate Practice and Educational Resource Center.......................................................90 MAP AND INDEX Judicial District Map.............................................................................................................................91 County, Circuit, and District................................................................................................................92 Circuits and Counties............................................................................................................................93 Districts, Circuits, and Counties..........................................................................................................94 Index........................................................................................................................................................95 SUPREME COURT Chief Justice Hugh P. Thompson Supreme Court Clerk 507 State Judicial Building Therese “Tee” Barnes Alphabetical Listing Atlanta, GA 30334 Suite 572 404-656-3470 244 Washington Street, SW Benham, Robert Atlanta, GA 30334 Justice retiring 1/15/17 404-656-3470 404-656-3476/F 657-4329 Presiding Justice P. Harris Hines Reporter of Decisions Blackwell, Keith R. 501 State Judicial Building Jean Ruskell Justice Atlanta, GA 30334 Suite 423 404-656-3471/F 657-7576 404-656-3470 244 Washington Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30334 Hines, P. Harris Justice Robert Benham 404-656-3460 Presiding Justice 527 State Judicial Building 404-656-3473/F 651-8566 Atlanta, GA 30334 404-656-3470 Hunstein, Carol W. Justice Justice Carol W. Hunstein 404-656-3475/F 657-9586 533 State Judicial Building Atlanta, GA 30334 Melton, Harold D. 404-656-3470 Justice 404-656-3477/F 657-4211 Justice Harold D. Melton 523 State Judicial Building Nahmias, David E. Atlanta, GA 30334 Justice 404-656-3470 404-656-3474/F 657-6997 Justice David E. Nahmias Thompson, Hugh P. Chief Justice 514 State Judicial Building 404-656-3472/F 651-8642 Atlanta, GA 30334 404-656-3470 Justice Keith R. Blackwell 536 State Judicial Building Atlanta, GA 30334 404-656-3470 position vacant position vacant 3 COURT OF APPEALS Chief Judge Sara Doyle Judge Amanda Mercier Court of Appeals Clerk/ 47 Trinity Avenue, Suite 501 47 Trinity Avenue, Suite 501 Administrator Alphabetical Listing Atlanta, GA 30334 Atlanta, GA 30334 Stephen E. Castlen 404-656-3450/F 651-6187 404-656-3450/F 651-6187 47 Trinity Avenue, Suite 501 Andrews, Gary B. Atlanta, GA 30334 Presiding Judge Presiding Judge Gary B. Andrews Judge Nels Peterson 404-656-3450/F 651-6187 404-656-3456/F 463-0546 47 Trinity Avenue, Suite 501 47 Trinity Avenue, Suite 501 [email protected] Atlanta, GA 30334 Atlanta, GA 30334 Barnes, Anne Elizabeth 404-656-3450/F 651-6187 404-656-3450/F 651-6187 Reporter of Decisions Presiding Judge Jean Ruskell 404-656-3454/F 463-8303 Presiding Judge