Tangela Barrie
2025 - Present
2029
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Tangela Barrie is a judge of the Georgia 4th Superior Court District DeKalb Judicial Circuit. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.
Barrie ran for re-election for judge of the Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit. She won in the general election on May 21, 2024.
Education
Barrie received her undergraduate degree from Albany State College and her J.D. from Stetson University. She was admitted to the bar in 1999.[1]
Career
After graduating from law school, Barrie served as a law clerk for a federal judge in Florida. After this position, she spent three years working in private practice in civil and administrative law. Directly before joining the superior court, Barrie served as an assistant district attorney in the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office.[2]
Awards and associations
- 2006: Boundless Commitment to the Community Award
- 2007: Prosecuting Attorney of the Year, awarded by the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office
- 2009: Bensonetta Tipton Lane Award for career commitment for Family Safety
- 2009: Honored by SOCAF (Saving Our Children and Families)
- Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Stone Mountain – Lithonia Alumnae Chapter)
- Member, National Council of Negro Women (DeKalb County)
- Member, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA)
- Member, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL)
- Member, Judicial Section of the Gate City Bar
- Executive member, Robert Weltner Family Law Inn of Court
- Member of the State Bars of Georgia, Florida and Texas[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in DeKalb County, Georgia (2024)
General election
General election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit
Incumbent Tangela Barrie won election in the general election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Tangela Barrie (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 76,798 |
Total votes: 76,798 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in DeKalb County, Georgia (2020)
General election
General election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit
Incumbent Tangela Barrie won election in the general election for Georgia 4th Superior Court District Stone Mountain Circuit on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Tangela Barrie (Nonpartisan) | 99.6 | 154,622 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 658 |
Total votes: 155,280 | ||||
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2012
Barrie ran unopposed for re-election to the Stone Mountain Superior Court.[3] She was re-elected after receiving 99.6% of the vote in the July 31 election.[4]
- See also: Georgia judicial elections, 2012
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Tangela Barrie did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Martindale, “Tangela M. B.A.rrie profile”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Judge Tangela Barrie, "About Tangela," accessed March 8, 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