The 28 member Judicial Council of Georgia meets several times a year to act on policy and administrative matters affecting the judiciary. Judges from Georgia’s appellate and trial courts at all levels are represented on the Judicial Council, as well as a representative from the State Bar of Georgia.
To get to know our members, we are asking each one about how they became judges and what they hope to accomplish during their respective leadership terms.
Videos will be added as they are available. More coming soon…
Superior Court
Juvenile Court
Magistrate Court
Municipal Court
2019/2020 Member Videos
Chief Judge Brian Amero, Flint Judicial Circuit
Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Bagley, Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit
Judge Carl C. Brown Jr., Augusta Judicial Circuit
Judge Donald W. Gillis, Dublin Judicial Circuit
Chief Judge Asha Jackson, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit
Judge Courtney Lynn Johnson, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit
Judge Stephen D. Kelley, Brunswick Judicial Circuit
Judge Jeffrey H. Kight, Waycross Judicial Circuit
Judge Shawn E. LaGrua, Atlanta Judicial Circuit
Judge Robert C. I. McBurney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit
Judge Arthur Lee Smith, Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit
Judge Bonnie Chessher Oliver, Northeastern Judicial Circuit
Judge Ralph Van Pelt, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit
Judge Nancy Bills, State Court of Rockdale County
Judge T. Russel McClelland, State Court of Forsyth County
Judge Juliette Scales, Fulton County Juvenile Court
Judge Philip Spivey, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Juvenile Court
Judge Lisa C. Jones, Southwestern Judicial Circuit Juvenile Court
Judge S. Sarah Harris, Macon-Bibb County Probate Court
Judge T. J. Hudson Treutlen County Probate Court
Judge Kelli Wolk, Cobb County Probate Court
Judge Michael Barker, Magistrate Court of Chatham County
Judge Joyette Holmes, Cobb County Magistrate Court
Judge Matthew McCord, Municipal Court of Stockbridge
Judge Willie C. Weaver, Municipal Court of Albany