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# Carolyn S. DeWindt

Newton County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Newton 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/6984a6d0d59fbc73288f531a/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/6984a6d0d59fbc73288f531a/)
- [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/6984a6d0d59fbc73288f531a/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Estate Planning Attorney through DeWindt Legal Services LLC (since 2018)
- Adjunct Professor at Miami Dade College (since 2015) She has also served as a legal intern and held military service roles, including as a Suicide Prevention Program Manager in the U.S. Army
- Associate Judge in Newton County, Georgia, a position she began in June 2025

### Education



### Additional information

- As a magistrate judge, she presides over cases within the county’s judicial system
- handling matters such as civil disputes, traffic cases, and other matters under the magistrate’s jurisdiction
- her legal work spans business law, alternative dispute resolution, fiduciary law, and related matters



## 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.