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# David Quilliams

Commerce Municipal Court · Chief Judge

## Profile

- Court: Commerce Municipal Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Chief 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/6a3d73cad1e96115976aa1e0/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/6a3d73cad1e96115976aa1e0/)
- [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/6a3d73cad1e96115976aa1e0/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- The Municipal Court Judge for the City of Commerce, Georgia, presiding over monthly court sessions at the Commerce Administrative Complex
- Municipal Court Judge for Commerce, GA
- Quilliams is Of Counsel at Epps, Holloway, DeLoach & Hoipkemier, LLC in Watkinsville, GA

### Education

- B.A. in Psychology from the University of Tennessee–Knoxville and his J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law

### Additional information

- His prosecutorial career included extensive trial and litigation experience in felonies, misdemeanors, juvenile cases, traffic offenses, drug cases, domestic violence, theft, obstruction, DUI, vehicular homicide, arson, and other major felonies
- Before his judicial role, David A. Quilliams had over 15 years of experience as an Assistant District Attorney for the State of Georgia in Rockdale, Newton, and Barrow counties.
- He also handled family and domestic law matters (divorce, custody, adoption, visitation) and general civil litigation.
- He is a member of the Western Circuit Bar Association, the Family Law and Criminal Law sections of the State Bar of Georgia, and the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers



## 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.