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# Jack "Trey" Milton Goodwin III

Cherokee County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Cherokee 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/5975edb0535382540e99689b/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/5975edb0535382540e99689b/)
- [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/5975edb0535382540e99689b/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Goodwin serves as Chief Magistrate Judge of Cherokee County, a position he has held since 2016

### Education


### Additional information

- His recent leadership includes launching the Family Violence Diversion Program in March 2026, designed to provide early intervention, counseling, and case resolution for eligible first‐time offenders
- The Managing Partner of Atlanta Adoption & Family Law
- focusing on adoption, family law, estate planning, and juvenile delinquency matters
- In this role, he presides over magistrate court cases, oversees judicial operations, and has been credited with initiatives such as the Family Violence Diversion Program, a first-of-its-kind local effort to resolve low‐risk, first‐time domestic violence cases through counseling and intervention before charges are filed
- Goodwin is licensed in Georgia and admitted to the Georgia State Courts, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.



## 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.