Magistrate court holds first-appearance hearings in federal cases, including misdemeanors on government land such as Fort Moore.

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Fulton County's chief magistrate judge is raising concerns over critical staffing shortages in the court, following the expiration of COVID-related funding that previously ...

The chief magistrate judges of Haralson and Heard counties in West Georgia resigned this week amid state investigations of alleged wrongdoing. Both had just won reelection to four-year terms ...

ALBANY – Members of the state Merit Selection Panel as well as the District Court judges for the Middle District of Georgia have selected Alfreda Shepard to serve as the new United States ...

J. Clay Fuller of JAMS and a retired magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta. Courtesy photo Georgia’s tort reform package of 2025 marks a ...

On Thursday morning, six Houston County parents are set to appear in Houston County Magistrate Court after their children accumulated well-over five unexcused absences.