Regina Jeanette Matthews is from Chicago, Illinois. She has a law degree from Emory Law School. 

Regina currently serves as a Magistrate Judge where she has been since 2019.

Regina previously worked as an assistant public defendant, senior staff attorney, and law clerk. She also started her own law practice

As a municipal court judge, oversees cases involving traffic offenses and local ordinance violations, conducts preliminary hearings in criminal cases, issues search and arrest warrants, and determines sentencing in certain minor criminal cases.

As an attorney, researched, drafted, and filed legal documents, and provided defense and counsel to clients, specializing in criminal law, family law, and juvenile law.

- As a municipal court judge, oversees cases involving traffic offenses and local ordinance violations, conducts preliminary hearings in criminal cases, issues search and arrest warrants, and determines sentencing in certain minor criminal cases.
- As an attorney, researched, drafted, and filed legal documents, and provided defense and counsel to clients, specializing in criminal law, family law, and juvenile law.

Legal Experience

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Ethics & Conduct

Plans on treating everyone in the court with dignity, fairness, and respect.

- Plans on treating everyone in the court with dignity, fairness, and respect.

Judicial Administration

Supports making the courts more accessible, equitable, and grounded in integrity.

Believes justice is about serving the people with compassion and accountability as well as interpreting the law.

Believes in thoughtful, community-centered leadership in the judicial system.

- Supports making the courts more accessible, equitable, and grounded in integrity.
- Believes justice is about serving the people with compassion and accountability as well as interpreting the law.
- Believes in thoughtful, community-centered leadership in the judicial system.

Judicial Philosophy

Serves as a member of the Junior League of Gwinnett and North Fulton Counties, the National Council of Negro Women, and the League of Women Voters.

Serves on various bar associations as a member.

- Serves as a member of the Junior League of Gwinnett and North Fulton Counties, the National Council of Negro Women, and the League of Women Voters.
- Serves on various bar associations as a member.

Community Involvement

Regina Jeanette Matthews

- 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. 