Annie C. Deets

Professional career

• Annie Deets serves as a Magistrate Judge in the DeKalb County Magistrate Court, a position she was sworn into in August 2027
• Magistrate Judge in DeKalb County, Georgia, with extensive experience in civil and criminal litigation, public defense, and trial advocacy

Education

Additional information

• Before her judicial role, Deets was Director of Training and Professional Development at the DeKalb County Public Defender’s Office
• overseeing training for over 100 employees.
• Her work has given her a broad, balanced perspective on advocacy, credibility, strategy, persuasion, and judicial decision-making
• She is also an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law, where she teaches experiential advocacy courses such as Trial Advocacy and Jury Selection, and has led the Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques