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# Candice D. McKinley

DeKalb County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: DeKalb County Magistrate 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/6a5f7b1fe00ab6b3aa34b398/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/6a5f7b1fe00ab6b3aa34b398/)
- [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/6a5f7b1fe00ab6b3aa34b398/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Candice McKinley serves as a Magistrate Judge in DeKalb County, Georgia, a position she began in July 2026

### Education


### Additional information

- handling complex Title VI and Title VII discrimination and harassment cases
- In this role, she presides over criminal and civil cases at the magistrate level, upholding fair, equitable, and transparent justice.
- Before her judicial appointment, McKinley was the founder and managing attorney of C. McKinley Law & Associates, a Black-owned, women-led Georgia law firm specializing in civil litigation, education law, personal injury, and civil rights compliance.
- She also held the role of a Civil Rights Investigator at Emory University
- McKinley is also an active wellness leader, certified Pilates instructor, and Vice Chair of the Georgia Bar Association Wellness Committee.



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Georgia Magistrate Court Rule 15 — virtual proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-92c085addd8bb83007e0ba04) — Georgia Magistrate 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/2023/02/Order-approving-Magistrate-videoconferencing-rules_entered.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.