Bonnie Chessher Oliver at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Current assignment
- Dawson County Superior Court
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Bonnie Chessher Oliver
Judge · Dawson County Superior Court
Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.
Available research
Biography and careerSource-attributed professional, judicial, and education record
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures2 sourced items · labeled by scope
SourcesOfficial and public records supporting this profile
Biography
Professional career
- Judge Oliver served as a member of the Investigative Panel of the State Bar for four years, investigating lawyers for ethical violations.
- Judge Oliver is current President of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
- She is a former Chairman of the General Practice and Trial Section of the State Bar and is currently on the Executive Board.
- Judge Oliver is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia and served as an elected Board of Governors representative for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit from 1994 to 2002.
- She currently is on the Council of Superior Court Judges (CSCJ), Bench and Bar Committee, Legislation Committee; and Mandatory Continuing Judicial Education Committee.
- Judge Oliver is the immediate past Administrative Judge of the 9th Judicial District of Georgia and served as a member of the Judicial Council of Georgia.
- On September 27, 1999, Governor Roy Barnes appointed her Judge of the Superior Courts of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit, which included Hall County and Dawson County.
- In June 1998, after having practiced law for 17 years, Governor Zell Miller appointed her as Judge of the State Court of Hall County.
- Over the next 13 years, Judge Oliver had a general trial practice in Gainesville, Georgia with an emphasis on personal injury litigation.
- Before entering private practice, Judge Oliver was general counsel for a private non-profit organization.
- Judge Oliver obtained her legal education at the Walter F.
- Judge Bonnie Chessher Oliver is a native Atlantan and attended Shorter College in Rome, Georgia on an academic scholarship.
Judicial service
- Superior Court judge, Georgia (Northeastern Circuit)
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Recording and broadcasting
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.
Uniform Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, Municipal and Probate Court RulesSupreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules ↗
Statewide
For Georgia Superior Court proceedings, statewide Rule 22 governs recording devices and courtroom recording; counsel should confirm judge approval and courtroom conditions before using recording, photographic, or comparable electronic presentation equipment.
The new version will take effect on May 1, 2018.Supreme Court of Georgia, New Rule 22 approved for use of recording devices in courtrooms ↗
Sources
Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules
Statewide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules ↗Supreme Court of Georgia, New Rule 22 approved for use of recording devices in courtrooms
Statewide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View Supreme Court of Georgia, New Rule 22 approved for use of recording devices in courtrooms ↗Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · checked August 25, 2026
View Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster ↗