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Stephen N. Knights Jr. (Henry County State Court, Georgia, candidate 2024)
Stephen N. Knights Jr. ran for re-election for judge of the Henry County State Court in Georgia. He was on the ballot in the general election on May 21, 2024.
Knights completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Stephen N. Knights Jr. provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on March 9, 2024:
- Birth date: December 25, 1979
- High school: John Jay High School
- J.D.: Western Michigan Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2005
- PhD: Capella University, 2021
- Bachelor's: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1997
- Gender: Male
- Profession: Judge
- Prior offices held:
- State Court Judge, Henry County, GA (2022)
- Magistrate Court Judge, Henry County, GA (2020-2022)
- Magistrate Court Judge, Clayton County, GA (2012)
- Incumbent officeholder: Yes
- Campaign slogan: Honorable Judge Stephen N. Knights, Jr. Dedicated to Fairness and impartiality. Securing the rights for all. Serving with compassion and humanity. #HenryCounty #JudgeKnights
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Elections
General election
General election for Henry County State Court
Incumbent Stephen N. Knights Jr. and Loletha Hale ran in the general election for Henry County State Court on May 21, 2024.
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Election results
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Stephen N. Knights Jr. completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Knights' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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In 2005, he graduated from Western Michigan Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. While in law school, he interned with the Innocence Project and the Washtenaw County Public Defender’s Office in Ann Arbor, MI. In 2006, he became an Assistant Solicitor General in Georgia, then an Assistant District Attorney. After seven years as a Prosecutor, he was appointed as a Magistrate Court Judge in 2012. Also in 2012, he joined his wife, Keysha Knights’ law firm, The Knights Law Group, LLC and specialized in criminal defense, immigration, and personal injury litigation.
On September 26, 2022, Judge Knights was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp as a State Court Judge in Henry County. In State Court, he handles misdemeanor criminal matters, traffic offenses, county ordinance violations, and civil matters that include personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and dispossessory appeals from Magistrate Court. Judge Knights has taught courses in Law, Legal Studies, Sociology, Business Law, Criminal Justice, and Legal Ethics.- Dedicated to Fairness and impartiality. Honorable Judge Stephen N. Knights, Jr.
- Securing the rights of all. Honorable Judge Stephen N. Knights, Jr.
- Serving with compassion and humanity. Honorable Judge Stephen N. Knights, Jr.
Dedicated to Fairness and impartiality.
Securing the rights for all.
Serving with compassion and humanity.
- HenryCounty #JudgeKnights
Dedicated to Fairness and impartiality.
Securing the rights for all.
Dedicated to Fairness and impartiality.
Securing the rights for all.
Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity
Dedicated to Fairness and impartiality.
Securing the rights for all.
Dedicated to Fairness and impartiality.
Securing the rights for all.
Dedicated to Fairness and impartiality.
Securing the rights for all.
Dedicated to Fairness and impartiality.
Securing the rights for all.
Dedicated to Fairness and impartiality.
Securing the rights for all.
Serving with compassion and humanity.
- HenryCounty #JudgeKnights
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ [Email from Georgia Secretary of State Election office, "Candidate list," March 12, 2024]
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