Just seven support staff work with the judges at Fulton County Magistrate Court, which receives about 80,000 cases a year as the busiest court of its kind in Georgia. That’s not sustainable ...

County magistrate courts handle small civil cases of $15,000 or less and are often where criminal cases begin. In Georgia, chief magistrate judges are elected to four-year terms in countywide ...

The American Rescue Plan allowed Georgia's busiest magistrate court to hire ten extra support staff for "Project ORCA." "Of those 39,000 ORCA cases we had back in 2021, we've closed 36,000 of ...

As 18 new magistrate judges prepare to take the bench across the state in January, the Council of Magistrate Court Judges of Georgia is outlining the training it's offering to ensure its newcomers ...

Though not elected by their constituents, magistrates work in tandem with elected judges to handle both civil and criminal proceedings, easing the heavy burden brought on by increasing case filings ...