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# Angela Jackson

Paulding County Probate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Paulding County Probate Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-25

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic devices and recording

Scope: statewide

Georgia's class-specific Uniform Court Rules govern electronic devices and recording in state trial courts. Before using recording, photography, livestreaming, or similar courtroom technology, confirm the governing rule and the assigned court's procedure.

Evidence excerpt: Uniform Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, Municipal and Probate Court Rules

[Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/60006fc2623559001b66cb3d/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/60006fc2623559001b66cb3d/)
- [Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
- [Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/60006fc2623559001b66cb3d/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Career – From 2015 until her election, she served as Assistant Montgomery County Public Defender
- Director, Race & Justice Project, Ohio Justice & Policy Center
- Director of Public Service & Externships & Adjunct Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Law
- Civil litigation attorney at Dinsmore & Shohl

### Education

- Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL — B.A.
- University of Cincinnati College of Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- She was elected in 2022 and her current term runs until July 1, 2025
- Angelina N. Jackson is an elected General Division judge of the in Ohio, serving since 2022 after an 18‐year legal career
- City of Dayton’s Use of Force Committee (Chair) – reviewing police use‐of‐force policies and data
- She is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Dayton Bar Association, Ohio Black Judges Association, Thurgood Marshall Law Society, and the Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Georgia Probate Court Rule 11 — virtual proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-fd6e1558b530329a117d6f9d) — Georgia Probate Courts only. Virtual proceedings; consent, exceptions and judicial orders control. Dated 2023 source, later amendments not exhaustively certified. [Official source](https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Rule-11-Order_approved.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.