JUDGE ROBERT C. I. MCBURNEY

Hon. Robert Charles McBurney

Robert C. I. McBurney has a bachelor's degree and law degree from Harvard University. He lives with his wife Courtney and two children in Atlanta.

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Robert currently serves as a judge for the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. He was first appointed in 2012, and is serving his third term.

Robert previously worked as an assistant U.S. attorney for the northern district of Georgia, an assistant district attorney for Fulton County, and a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.

Has worked as a judge since 2012, handling a split docket of civil and criminal cases.

Robert served as the presiding officer of the judicial qualifications commission's hearing panel from 2017 to 2024 and the chief judge of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit from 2018 to 2020.

- Has worked as a judge since 2012, handling a split docket of civil and criminal cases.
- Robert served as the presiding officer of the judicial qualifications commission's hearing panel from 2017 to 2024 and the chief judge of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit from 2018 to 2020.

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As of March 11, 2026, Robert C. I. McBurney did not have a website or any information online.

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- 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. 