Category: News

The Savannah-Chatham County Drug Court (SCCDC), lead by the Honorable James F. Bass, Jr., has been selected as a National Drug Court Institute Mentor Court for 2013 to 2016 by the National Drug Court Institute (NDCI). Ten courts are selected out of the over 2,734 Drug Courts in the nation. The National Drug Court Institute (NDCI) […]

Drug offenders in the Towaliga Judicial District, encompassing Butts, Lamar and Monroe counties, are getting help to fight their addictions thanks to the system’s accountabilities court. The drug court, a facet of the accountabilities court, provides felony drug offenders an opportunity not only to clear the charge, but to clear up their lives. To read the full […]

Her peers at the recent Council of Superior Court Judges’ winter conference in Athens named Hall County Superior Court Judge Kathlene F. Gosselin this year’s recipient of the prestigious Emory Findley Award. The Emory Findley Award is annually awarded by the Council of Superior Court Judges to a Superior Court judge who has exhibited, through […]

The Cherokee County Justice Center will bear a new name: The Frank C. Mills III Justice Center. The Canton building, which houses court services for Cherokee County has been named after retiring Superior Court Judge Mills, who has served on the bench since 1981. The proclamation issued at the Dec. 18 Cherokee County Board of […]

When Melodie Snell Conner was in law school at the University of Georgia, women comprised nearly half of her class. But when she returned to her hometown in 1986 to begin her practice, she found the old boys club was alive and well. Over the years, though, the opportunities have opened up on the Gwinnett […]

Governor Purdue salutes the efforts of Chief Judge Brenda Weaver and former Juvenile Court Chief Judge William Reilly of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit for their leadership in creating local school attendance committees which served as the models for those contained in the recently passed HB 1190. To read the full article, click here.

Court of Appeals Launches Web-Access Docketing Information Parties and attorneys will now be able to search the docket for any Court of Appeals case by case number, party name, or a word from the style of the case.  The docket filings and actions of the court and the date of such activities will be displayed […]