The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (in case citations, N.D. Ga.) is a United States district court which serves the residents of forty-six counties. These are divided up into four divisions.
Appeals from cases brought in the Northern District of Georgia are to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
History The United States District Court for the District of Georgia was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, , on September 24, 1789.U.S. District Courts of Georgia, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center. The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by .Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 390.Alfred Conkling, A Treatise on the Organization, Jurisdiction and Practice of the Courts of the United States (1864), p. 179. The Middle District was formed from portions of those two Districts on May 28, 1926, by .
Jurisdiction Jurisdiction and venue are enumerated in .
The Atlanta division includes: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, and Rockdale counties.
The Gainesville division serves: Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties.
The Newnan division hears cases for: Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, and Troup counties.
The Rome division serves: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield counties.
The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.
, the United States attorney is Theodore S. Hertzberg.
Current judges :
Vacancies and pending nominations
Seat Prior judge's duty station Seat last held by Vacancy reason Date of vacancy Nominee Date of nomination 14 AtlantaNewnan Timothy Batten Retirement May 23, 2025
Former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
U.S. Attorneys
Emory Speer 1883–1885 Ben H. Hill, Jr. 1885–1889 Sion A. Darnell 1889–1893 Joseph S. James 1893–1897 Edgar A. Angier 1897–1905 Farish C. Tate 1905–1913 Hooper Alexander 1913–1921 Clint W. Hager 1921–1934 Lawrence S. Camp 1934–1942 M. Neil Andrews 1942–1946 J. Ellis Mundy 1946–1953 James W. Dorsey 1953–1959 Charles D. Read, Jr. 1959–1961 Charles L. Goodson 1961–1977 William L. Harper 1977–1981 Larry D. Thompson 1982–1986 Bob Barr 1986–1990 Joe D. Whitley 1990–1993 Kent B. Alexander 1994–1997 Richard H. Deane, Jr. 1998–2001 William S. Duffey Jr. 2001–2004 David Nahmias 2004–2009 Sally Yates 2010–2015 John A. Horn 2015–2017 BJay Pak 2017–2021 Kurt Erskine 2021–2022 Ryan K. Buchanan 2022–2025 Theodore S. Hertzberg 2025–present
See also Courts of Georgia Garcia-Mir v. Meese List of current United States district judges List of United States federal courthouses in Georgia
References
External links Home of Northern District of Georgia