Elaine Amankwah Nietmann’s campaign for Judge of the State Court of Gwinnett County is not her first entry into politics. She ran for U.S. Congress in 2020 and lost the election to incumbent Representative Hank Johnson.

Elaine Amankwah Nietmann is an attorney. She operates her own firm, the Law Office of Elaine A. Nietmann, where she has been for seven years. She also volunteers as a guardian ad litem for the Gwinnett County Probate Court and serves as a conflict public defender.

Elaine immigrated to the U.S. from Ghana and grew up in Maryland. She has a Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law. She lives with her husband and their four children in Lilburn.