Anne Elizabeth Barnes at a glance
- Current role
- Presiding Judge
- Court
- Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Anne Elizabeth Barnes
Presiding Judge · Court of Appeals of Georgia
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Presiding Judge Barnes has also been recognized for her service by the DeKalb Bar Association, the Women in the Profession Committee of the Atlanta Bar Association, the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia, and Justice Served.
- Presiding Judge Barnes has also served as a Director on the Boards of Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates (GACASA), the Truancy Intervention Project, the National Courts and Science Institute, and the Advisory Board to the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Judicial Education Project.
- Presiding Judge Barnes has since been elected to a fourth term in 2016, and a fifth term in 2022.
- She was elected to a third term in 2010, and received more votes than any other candidate in the state of Georgia.
- She was the first woman to be elected in a state-wide judicial race without having been first appointed to the bench, and was re-elected, without opposition, in 2004.
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Presiding Judge Anne Elizabeth Barnes won an open election in 1998 to the Georgia Court of Appeals in a three-way race without a runoff, and took office January 1, 1999.
- Presiding Judge Barnes has since been elected to a fourth term in 2016, and a fifth term in 2022.
- Presiding Judge Barnes has also served as a Director on the Boards of Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates (GACASA), the Truancy Intervention Project, the National Courts and Science Institute, and the Advisory Board to the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Judicial Education Project.
- Presiding Judge Barnes has also been recognized for her service by the DeKalb Bar Association, the Women in the Profession Committee of the Atlanta Bar Association, the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia, and Justice Served.
- Presiding Judge Barnes is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Atlanta.
Courtroom rules and guidance
No applicable courtroom procedure is currently documented in the indexed public sources.
Sources
Georgia Courts Directory
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