Amanda H. Mercier

Professional career

• She also served as the attorney coach for the Fannin County High School Mock Trial Team for several years.
• While still in private practice, she was actively involved in her local Chamber of Commerce, and served as chairperson for the Governmental Affairs Committee of the Fannin County Chamber of Commerce.
• She also currently serves as a member of the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution and served as a member of the Judicial Council Ad Hoc Committee on Criminal Justice Reform in 2018.
• Judge Mercier was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal to two successive terms on the Georgia Commission on Family Violence.
• As a member of the Council of Superior Court Judges, she served on the Legislation Committee, Accountability Courts Committee, Pattern Jury Committee, and Uniform Rules Committee.
• Upon being sworn in as a Superior Court Judge, Judge Mercier became actively involved in the many accountability courts in the Appalachian Judicial Circuit, and was the presiding judge of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit Mental Health Court.
• She has served a term as the president of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit Bar Association.
• Judge Mercier practiced both criminal and civil litigation from 2001 until her appointment as a Superior Court Judge in 2010.
• In 2012, the voters of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit, which includes Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens Counties, elected Judge Mercier to serve a full four year term after an uncontested election.
• Prior to her appointment to the Court of Appeals, Judge Mercier was appointed to the Superior Court in the Appalachian Judicial Circuit on July 15, 2010 by Governor Sonny Perdue.
• In 2018 she was elected to serve a full six year term after an uncontested election, and re-elected in 2024.
• Mercier was appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals by Governor Nathan Deal and took office on January 4, 2016.

Judicial service

• Judge, Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Mercier was appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals by Governor Nathan Deal and took office on January 4, 2016.
• Prior to her appointment to the Court of Appeals, Judge Mercier was appointed to the Superior Court in the Appalachian Judicial Circuit on July 15, 2010 by Governor Sonny Perdue.
• Upon being sworn in as a Superior Court Judge, Judge Mercier became actively involved in the many accountability courts in the Appalachian Judicial Circuit, and was the presiding judge of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit Mental Health Court.

Personal record

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