--- title: "Charles A. Pannell Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/charles-a-pannell-jr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Charles A. Pannell Jr. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia - State: Georgia - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Georgia, 1999-2013 - Elected district attorney for Georgia's Conasauga Judicial Circuit from 1977 to 1979 and subsequently served as a Superior Court judge for the same circuit from 1979 to 1999 - Pannell served in the United States Army Reserves in the Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1971 to 1997, providing legal support and military service concurrently with his civilian legal career - District attorney, Conasauga Judicial Circuit, GA, 1977-1979 - Special assistant attorney general, State of Georgia, 1974-1976 - He then entered private practice in Georgia from 1972 to 1976 and held the role of a special assistant attorney general of Georgia from 1974 to 1976 - Pannell began his legal career as an assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia from 1971 to 1972 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Georgia, 1971-1972 ### Education - University of Georgia School of Law in — J.D. (1970) - Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Georgia in 1967 - University of Georgia — B.A. (1967) ### Additional information - He assumed senior status on January 31, 2013, and transitioned to inactive senior status on September 30, 2024 - received his commission on October 26, 1999. - On July 14, 1999, Pannell was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, filling the seat vacated by Frank M. Hull. - U.S. Army Reserve, JAG Corps, 1970-1998 - Charles Adam Pannell Jr. was born on January 24, 1946, in DeKalb County, Georgia. - Date of birth: 1946-01-01 - Judge Charles A. Pannell Jr. has had a distinguished legal career spanning over five decades, including service as a federal judge, state district attorney, and Superior Court judge. - Birth place: DeKalb County, GA ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391056) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391056) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391056) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2493/charles-a-pannell-jr/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2493/charles-a-pannell-jr/) - [Wikidata: Charles A. 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