Alan Harvey

Professional career

• For 25 of those years, he was a part-time magistrate while maintaining a full-time law practice; in the final six years, he served full-time overseeing the court’s criminal division
• Alan C. Harvey is a Senior Magistrate Judge of the DeKalb County Magistrate Court and a Senior Judge in the Superior Court of DeKalb County, with over 31 years of judicial service
• Current role: Senior Judge, Superior Court of DeKalb County, presiding over civil/domestic cases and other matters by designation

Education

Additional information

• Since January 2017, he has served exclusively in the Superior Court
• In 2023, he was assigned to Division 11 of the Superior Court to help clear a post‐pandemic backlog, presiding over 23 contested domestic relations cases, 2 murder trials, numerous felony jury trials, and about 30 family violence protective order matters
• In December 2016, Judge Harvey retired from active magistrate service but was appointed Senior Magistrate Judge.
• In 2015, he received the Magistrate of the Year award from the Georgia Council of Magistrate Court Judges for professional excellence and contributions to the magistrate court system
• Member, Judicial Council of Georgia (2012–2013) He is a registered neutral with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution and a member of Flink ADR.
• Alan C. Harvey was appointed Magistrate Judge in May 1985 and served in that role for 31 years.
• handling family law, civil, and criminal cases.
• He also regularly presided in State and Superior Courts by designation
• He also serves on the State Bar of Georgia Judicial Section and the Statewide Judicial Evaluation Committee