Jeffery O. Monroe

Professional career

• Superior Court Judge for the Macon Judicial Circuit in Georgia, appointed by Governor Brian Kemp on May 30, 2019, and sworn in on July 10, 2019
• Prior to coming to superior court, Judge Monroe served as judge on the State Court of Bibb County after being appointed in August of 2017 by Governor Nathan Deal.

Education

Additional information

• Appointed to the superior court bench by Governor Brian Kemp on May 30, 2019.
• Judge Monroe has been recognized as a leader in his community by the Georgia Trend Magazine’s 40 Under 40 (2006), Macon Magazine’s 5 Under 40 (2004), and Daily Report’s Rising Legal Stars Under 40 (2013).
• A native of Hancock County, Judge Monroe graduated from the University of Georgia in 1996 and from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2000.
• Dedicated to the betterment of the legal community.
• Judge Monroe has supported his local community through his involvement as past Vice-Chair of the Macon-Bibb Land Bank Authority.
• Before coming to the bench, he was a partner in the law firm of Jones Cork, LLP in Macon and practiced in the areas of education law, insurance and self-insurer defense and drafting municipal ordinances and regulations.
• Prior to joining Jones Cork, Judge Monroe was an associate with the law firm of Anderson, Walker & Reichert, LLP.
• Worked to combine the City of Macon and Bibb County and consolidated their respective laws into one code of ordinances as Chairman of the Laws Committee of the Macon-Bibb County Consolidation Transition Task Force.
• Judge Monroe presides over cases in the Macon Judicial Circuit, which includes Bibb, Crawford, and Peach counties.
• Previously president of Macon Bar Association.