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# Chad VanOrman

Tifton Municipal Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Tifton Municipal 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/58af01fbce9168f520c4d40d/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af01fbce9168f520c4d40d/)
- [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/58af01fbce9168f520c4d40d/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Chad C. VanOrman is the Municipal Court Judge for the City of Tifton, Georgia, serving since 2015, with a background in law, public service, and small business advocacy
- Attorney at Rigdon & VanOrman, LLC, a Tifton-based law firm specializing in real estate, business law, probate, and estate planning
- Initially intending to practice corporate law, he spent significant time in law school in the Small Business Clinic, working directly with entrepreneurs and small business owners

### Education

- He later earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law in 2008.
- Chad VanOrman graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Business from Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia, in 2005.

### Additional information

- Also the President of the Tifton Judicial Circuit Bar Association (since 2017).



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Uniform Municipal Court Rules, December 31, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-9acfd5d59c7a383c114b177a) — Municipal Court proceedings, including expressly stated civil/criminal limitations. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://assets.georgiacourts.gov/2/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/01171708/UNIFORM-MUNICIPAL-COURT-RULES-12312025.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.