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# Jeremy Abernathy

Woodstock Municipal Court · Associate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Woodstock Municipal Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Associate 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/6040ea0cdccbe1001bf8a0cc/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/6040ea0cdccbe1001bf8a0cc/)
- [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/6040ea0cdccbe1001bf8a0cc/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Selected as an associate judge of the Woodstock Municipal Court in May 2021
- Justice Robert Benham, Supreme Court of Georgia Hon

### Education


### Additional information

- Abernathy is a founding partner of Abernathy Ditzel Hendrick, LLC, a Marietta, GA law firm focused on family law and probate.
- He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer and named Georgia Trend Legal Elite.
- He also serves as Secretary of the Executive Committee, State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section



## 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.