8th Superior Court District of Georgia

Eighth District

Georgia Superior Court 8

The 8th Superior Court District of Georgia is a division of the superior courts of Georgia.

Judges

This district is divided into five circuits.

Cordele Judicial Circuit

• Robert W. Chasteen Jr.
• Denise D. Fachini
• T. Christopher Hughes

Dublin Judicial Circuit

• H. Gibbs Flanders, Jr. (Chief judge)
• Donald W. Gillis
• Jon F. Helton

Middle Judicial Circuit

• Bobby Reeves (Chief judge)

Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit

• William A. Prior Jr. (Chief judge)
• E. Trenton Brown III
• Alison T. Burleson
• Amanda S. Petty
• Brenda Holbert Trammell

Oconee Judicial Circuit

• H. Frederick Mullis Jr. (Chief judge)
• C. Michael Johnson
• Sarah Wall

Former judges

• James L. Cline, Jr.
• Hulane E. George
• Kathy Palmer
• John C. Pridgen
• Hugh V. Wingfield, III

Elections

See also: Georgia judicial elections

Georgia is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Georgia, click here.

• Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2026
• Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2025
• Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2024
• Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2023
• Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2022
• Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2021
• Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2020
• Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2019
• Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2018
• Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2017
• Georgia local trial court judicial elections, 2016
• Georgia judicial elections, 2014
• Georgia judicial elections, 2012
• Georgia judicial elections, 2010

Selection method

There are 202 judges on the Georgia Superior Courts, each chosen by the people in nonpartisan elections to serve a four-year term.

The process for selecting a chief judge and that chief judge's term varies by circuit.

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:

• a state resident for three years;
• a resident of the circuit he or she is representing;
• admitted to practice law for at least seven years; and
• at least 30 years old.

Election rules

Primary election

Most court elections in Georgia are nonpartisan. Counties may choose to hold partisan elections for probate court positions. There are only judicial primaries for partisan elections.

Runoff election

If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the election (at least 50%+1 of the vote), a runoff election will be held between the two candidates with the most votes.

See also

• Georgia Superior Courts
• Courts in Georgia
• Georgia judicial elections

External links

• Eighth Judicial Administrative District of Georgia

Footnotes

Georgia courts

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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