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Kimberly M. Esmond Adams
Kimberly M. Esmond Adams is a judge of the Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit. She assumed office in 2009. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.
Esmond Adams ran for re-election for judge of the Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit. She won in the general election on May 21, 2024.
Education
Adams received her B.A. from Howard University, and her J.D. from the University of Notre Dame School of Law.[1]
Career
Adams was admitted to the Georgia bar in 2000. Prior to joining the court, she served as Chief Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. She also worked as a coordinator with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office in the Relationship Abuse Prevention Summit program, and worked as an employment attorney with Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLC.[2]
Awards and associations
- Member, National Association of Women Judges
- Member, National Bar Association Judicial Council
- Board Member, Women in the Profession Section-Atlanta Bar Association
- Treasurer, Gate City Bar Association Judicial Section
- Member, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
- Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
- Member, Cascade United Methodist Church
- Alumna, Leadership Georgia
- Alumna, Leadership Atlanta
- Past President, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
- Past Board Member, The Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
- Past Board Member, Atlanta Technical College Foundation
- Past Board Member, Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta - West End Cluster
- Past Board Member, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys Foundation, Inc.
- Past Board Member, Restorative Justice Board of the Atlanta Municipal Court[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2024)
General election
General election for Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit
Incumbent Kimberly M. Esmond Adams won election in the general election for Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kimberly M. Esmond Adams (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 95,022 |
| Total votes: 95,022 | |||
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in Fulton County, Georgia (2020)
General election
General election for Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit
Incumbent Kimberly M. Esmond Adams won election in the general election for Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kimberly M. Esmond Adams (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 181,881 |
| Total votes: 181,881 | |||
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2012
Adams ran unopposed for re-election to the Fulton Superior Court.[3] She was re-elected after receiving 99.7% of the vote in the July 31 election.[4]
- See also: Georgia judicial elections, 2012
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kimberly M. Esmond Adams did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Kimberly M. Esmond Adams did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Martindale, “Hon. Kimberly M. Esmond Adams profile”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fulton County Court, "Judge Kimberly M. Esmond Adams," accessed February 22, 2013
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Preliminary List of Candidates on the July 31, 2012 General Non-Partisan Election Ballot," accessed May 29, 2012
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election," accessed August 1, 2012
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia
State courts:
Georgia Supreme Court • Georgia Court of Appeals • Georgia Superior Courts • Georgia State Courts • Georgia Business Court • Georgia Tax Court • Georgia Juvenile Courts • Georgia Probate Courts • Georgia Magistrate Courts • Georgia Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Georgia • Georgia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Georgia
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