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# Billy Joe Nelson, Jr.

Bryan County Superior Court · Superior Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Bryan County Superior Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Superior Court Judge
- Service status: unknown
- Appointment: Appointed on 2026-08-17. [Bryan County Superior Court](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/court/ga/bryan-county-superior-court)
- Appointment: Appointed on 2026-08-17. [Evans County Superior Court](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/court/ga/evans-county-superior-court)
- Appointment: Appointed on 2026-08-17. [Liberty County Superior Court](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/court/ga/liberty-county-superior-court)
- Appointment: Appointed on 2026-08-17. [Long County Superior Court](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/court/ga/long-county-superior-court)
- Appointment: Appointed on 2026-08-17. [McIntosh County Superior Court](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/court/ga/mcintosh-county-superior-court)
- Appointment: Appointed on 2026-08-17. [Tattnall County Superior Court](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/court/ga/tattnall-county-superior-court)

## Summary

Billy Joe Nelson, Jr. — Bryan County Superior Court

## Biography

### Professional career

- Appointed Superior Court Judge, Atlantic Judicial Circuit, 2026-08-17
- District Attorney, Atlantic Judicial Circuit, elected 2022
- Assistant District Attorney, Atlantic Judicial Circuit, 2011–2022
- Law clerk, Superior Court judges, Brunswick Judicial Circuit, beginning 2009

### Education

- B.B.A. in real estate — University of Georgia
- Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University — J.D.

### Additional information

- Appointed to the Superior Court of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit on August 17, 2026.
- District Attorney of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit after more than a decade as an assistant district attorney.

## Sources

- [2026 Executive Orders](https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders/2026)
- [Gov. Kemp Announces Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments](https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2026-08-04/gov-kemp-announces-judicial-and-prosecutorial-appointments)

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