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# Franklin Goldwire

Effingham County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Effingham 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/6142414c25b7ff001ed524ec/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/6142414c25b7ff001ed524ec/)
- [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/6142414c25b7ff001ed524ec/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- The Magistrate Court of Effingham County is led by an elected Chief Magistrate Judge for a four‐year term
- Goldwire’s appointment is notable because he is the first African American male to serve as a magistrate judge in Effingham County

### Education


### Additional information

- The first Black magistrate judge in Effingham County, Georgia, serving on the county’s Magistrate Court and handling a range of civil and legal matters under Georgia law
- Local news coverage: The Effingham Herald has featured Goldwire’s appointment and its significance
- Public profiles list Franklin Whitney Goldwire as a 45‐year‐old African American professional with a background in law and public service, previously residing in locations including Bethesda, MD, Honolulu, HI, and Annandale, VA.
- While detailed case history is not in the provided results, his role as a magistrate judge places him in a position to adjudicate a variety of community legal 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.