Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia · Federal
- Judicial service
- April 8, 2022–present
Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia, 2003-2022; staff attorney, 2003-2015; managing attorney for impact litigation, 2015-2020; senior counsel, 2020-2022
- Professional Career: Cooperating attorney, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, 2002
- Professional Career: Faculty, Emory Law School, 2020- ; adjunct professor, 2020-2021; lecturer, 2021-
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. James B. Zagel, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2000-2002
- Professional Career: Staff attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City, 2002-2003
- Professional Career: Part-time instructor, Georgia State University College of Law, 2020-
Education
- University of Michigan Law School · J.D., 1999
- University of Michigan School of Social Work · 1998
- Northwestern University · B.A., 1996
Personal record
Born 1974 · Chicago
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/11732406Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts