Spalding County, Georgia (Judicial)

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Spalding County, Georgia

Spalding County is located within the Griffin Judicial Circuit of the Superior Court Sixth District.

In addition to the Superior Court the people of Spalding County are served by a Probate Court, a Juvenile Court, a Magistrate Court, a Municipal Court and a State Court.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has jurisdiction in Spalding County. Appeals from the Northern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

Superior Courts[edit]

6th Superior Court District of Georgia

This district is divided into five circuits.

Clayton Judicial Circuit[edit]

  • Deborah C. Benefield
  • Geronda Carter
  • Albert B. Collier
  • Aaron B. Mason[1]

Coweta Judicial Circuit[edit]

  • Dennis T. Blackmon
  • Dustin Hightower
  • Nina Markette Baker
  • Emory Palmer
  • W. Travis Sakrison
  • John T. Simpson[2]

Flint Judicial Circuit[edit]

  • Brian Amero (Chief Judge)
  • Wade M. Crumbley[3]
  • Danielle P. Roberts

Griffin Judicial Circuit[edit]

  • Benjamin Coker
  • Rhonda Kreuziger
  • Ben Miller, Jr.
  • W. Fletcher Sams (Chief Judge)[4]

Towaliga Judicial Circuit[edit]

  • Thomas H. Wilson (Chief Judge)
  • William A. Fears[5]


State Courts[edit]

Spalding County State Court, Georgia

Former judges[edit]

  • Sidney R. Esary[6]
Spalding County Courthouse


Probate Courts[edit]

Spalding County Probate Court, Georgia

  • Jan Hunt[7]


Juvenile Courts[edit]

Spalding County Juvenile Court, Georgia

  • Ben J. Miller
  • Karen M. Calloway (Associate judge)[8]


Magistrate Courts[edit]

Spalding County Magistrate Court, Georgia

  • Rita L. Cavanaugh (Chief Judge)
  • Brennan MacDowell
  • Samuel Darrell Parks
  • Don Taliaferro[9]



See also[edit]

  • Georgia counties
  • Courts in Georgia

Footnotes[edit]

  1. Clayton County, Georgia, "Superior Court," accessed February 4, 2015
  2. Times-Herald.com, "New Judge Approved For Coweta Circuit," September 14, 2013
  3. 6th Judicial Administrative District, "Flint Judicial Circuit," accessed February 4, 2015
  4. 6th Judicial Administrative District, "Griffin Judicial Circuit," accessed July 12, 2022
  5. Administrative Office of the Courts, "Superior Court Directory," accessed May 4, 2014
  6. Judicial Council of Georgia, "State Court Judges Directory," accessed April 27, 2014
  7. Council of Probate Court Judges, "Directory of Judges," accessed February 11, 2015
  8. Georgia Courts, "Georgia Juvenile Court Judges"
  9. Georgia Courts, "Magistrate Court Directory," accessed May 14, 2015

Categories: [Georgia counties (judicial)]


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