Sylvia Goldman, Lawyer Region

Sylvia Goldman earned her law degree from the John Marshall School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia, and was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1997. 

Goldman & Donnelly

Sylvia Goldman is a criminal defense lawyer and a name partner at the firm Goldman & Donnelly, where she litigates in criminal defense, juvenile law, and civil matters.

As of April 15, 2024, Sylvia Goldman did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

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

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

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

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Sylvia Goldman

Julie Adams Jacobs is a longtime resident of Cobb County, where she resides with her husband Chad and their two children. She received her bachelor's in political science from Georgia State University and her law degree from Emory University School of Law.

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Julie was previously as the Deputy Attorney General, Section Chief of Business and Finance, the Senior Assistant Attorney General of Business and Finance, and the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division at the State of Georgia Office of the Attorney General. She was also an intern with the United States Attorney's Office, a law clerk at Kaplan Family Law, and a law clerk at Shaw Industries.

Judge Julie Adams Jacobs was appointed to serve as a Superior Court Judge in Cobb County on August 15, 2022. 

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.

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.

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

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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.

Julie Jacobs

- 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. 