Cook County, Georgia (Judicial)

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Cook County, Georgia

Cook County Courthouse

Cook County is located within the Alapaha Judicial Circuit of the Superior Court Second District.

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

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

## Superior Court[edit]

### 2nd Superior Court District of Georgia

This district is divided into six circuits:

### Alapaha Judicial Circuit[edit]

* Howard E. McClain (Chief judge)
* Clayton A. Tomlinson

### Dougherty Judicial Circuit[edit]

* Willie E. Lockette (Chief judge)
* Victoria S. Darrisaw
* Denise Marshall[1]

### Pataula Judicial Circuit[edit]

* Joe C. Bishop (Chief judge)
* Thomas H. Baxley

### South Georgia Judicial Circuit[edit]

* J. Kevin Chason
* Heather Hendricks Lanier

### Southern Judicial Circuit[edit]

* Harry Jay Altman II (Chief judge)
* Richard M. Cowart
* James E. Hardy
* Brian McDaniel
* James G. Tunison[2]

### Tifton Judicial Circuit[edit]

* Bill Reinhardt (Chief Judge)
* Melanie Cross[3][4]

## Probate Courts[edit]

### Cook County Probate Court, Georgia

* Chase Daughtrey[5]

## Juvenile Courts[edit]

### Cook County Juvenile Court, Georgia

* Charles Joseph Steedley
* Clayton A. Tomlinson[6]

## Magistrate Courts[edit]

### Cook County Magistrate Court, Georgia

* Crystal Amanda Exum
* Ronnie Fender
* Melvin Simmons (Chief judge)[7]

## See also[edit]

* Georgia counties
* Courts in Georgia

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Dougherty County, Georgia, "Dougherty Judicial Circuit Superior Court," accessed October 26, 2018
2. ↑ Southern Judicial District, "Judges and Staff, "accessed February 4, 2015
3. ↑ Tifton Circuit, "Superior Court Judges," accessed February 4, 2015
4. ↑ Administrative Office of the Courts, "Superior Court Directory," accessed May 4, 2014
5. ↑ Council of Probate Court Judges, "Directory of Judges," accessed February 5, 2015
6. ↑ Council of Juvenile Court Judges of Georgia, "Juvenile Court Judges by County," accessed March 11, 2015
7. ↑ Council of Magistrate Court Judges, "Magistrate Court Directory," accessed April 28, 2014

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