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United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

United States federal district court in Georgia (U.S. state)

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
abbreviation	N.D. Ga.
seal_size	150
map_image_width	150
courthouse	Richard B. Russell Federal Building
location	Atlanta
location1	Gainesville
location2	Newnan
location3	Rome
appeals_to	Eleventh Circuit
established	August 11, 1848
judges_assigned	11
chief	Leigh Martin May
us_attorney	Theodore S. Hertzberg
us_marshal	Thomas E. Brown
official_site

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. The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by . 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

: Gainesville

Vacancies and pending nominations

Seat	Prior judge's duty station	Seat last held by	Vacancy reason	Date of vacancy	Nominee	Date of nomination
14	Atlanta
Newnan	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
J. Ellis Mundy 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
Robert J. Castellani 1981
Dorothy Y. Kirkley 1981
James E. Baker 1981–1982
Larry D. Thompson 1982–1986
Stephen S. Cowen 1986
Bob Barr 1986–1990
Rimantas Rukstele 1990
Joe D. Whitley 1990–1993
Gerrilyn G. Brill 1993
Kent B. Alexander 1994–1997
Janet King 1997–1998
Richard H. Deane, Jr. 1998–2001
William S. Duffey Jr. 2001–2004
Sally Yates 2004–2004
David Nahmias 2004–2009
Sally Yates 2010–2015
John A. Horn 2015–2017
BJay Pak 2017–2021
Bobby Christine 2021
Kurt Erskine 2021–2022
Ryan K. Buchanan 2022–2025
Theodore S. Hertzberg 2025–present

References

[https://www.fjc.gov/history/courts/u.s.-district-courts-districts-georgia U.S. District Courts of Georgia, Legislative history], ''[[Federal Judicial Center]]''.
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.
(May 14, 2025). "Meet the U.S. Attorney". U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
(2017-10-30). "Northern District of Georgia {{!}} Former U.S. Attorneys for the Northern District of Georgia".

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