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Believes in extensive legal experience, highlighting a career start in the Criminal Division with over 200 bench trials and 40+ criminal appeals, including habeas corpus and murder cases, in Georgia's superior courts and Supreme Court.

Candidate website

The candidate's website says, "Judge Jacobs subsequently served as the Section Chief of the Business and Finance Section where she handled contract dispute, procurement, banking, bankruptcy, securities, hospital acquisition, and business litigation matters."

She previously worked  in the Georgia Attorney General’s Office for almost 20 years where she conducted more than 200 bench trials in superior courts across Georgia and handled more than 40 criminal appeals.

As the Deputy Attorney General of the Commercial Transactions and Litigation Division, she managed more than 40 attorneys and was responsible for the management of the financial and property interests of state government.

- She previously worked  in the Georgia Attorney General’s Office for almost 20 years where she conducted more than 200 bench trials in superior courts across Georgia and handled more than 40 criminal appeals.
- As the Deputy Attorney General of the Commercial Transactions and Litigation Division, she managed more than 40 attorneys and was responsible for the management of the financial and property interests of state government.

Legal Experience

As of March 19, 2024, Julie Jacobs’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Ethics & Conduct

Judicial Administration

Judicial Philosophy

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]Member of the Cobb Bar Association and the Atlanta Lawyers Club.

- ]Member of the Cobb Bar Association and the Atlanta Lawyers Club.

Community Involvement

Julie Jacobs

Sylvia Goldman, Lawyer Region

Goldman & Donnelly

As of March 19, 2024, Sylvia Goldman did not have a website or any information online.

"Sylvia went from organizing workers to advocating legal positions."

- "Sylvia went from organizing workers to advocating legal positions."

Sylvia Goldman

- Georgia Superior Court Judges hear a wide range of criminal cases from petty theft and public drunkenness to murder. Some cases in front of the Georgia Superior Court involve the death penalty. 
- On the civil side, Superior Court Judges hear cases on divorce, titles to land, contract disputes, and premises liability. 
- Superior Court Judges are elected by judicial circuit. Each county surrounding Atlanta has its own judicial circuit, while rural judicial districts typically consist of multiple counties.
- Superior Court Judges are elected to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan. The Governor can appoint Superior Court Judges when vacancies arise. 