Jessica Benjamin at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Current assignment
- Clarke County Magistrate Court
- Jurisdiction
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Jessica Benjamin
Judge · Clarke County Magistrate Court
Biography
Professional career
- Judge Jessica I. Benjamin is an Associate Judge of the Magistrate Court in Athens‐Clarke County, Georgia, appointed in July 2025, with a career spanning nearly 17 years as Chief Assistant Public Defender for the Western Judicial Circuit
- Earlier in her career, she served as a law clerk and staff attorney for both state and federal trial and appellate courts
- Magistrate Court in Athens‐Clarke County, alongside Chief Magistrate Judge Benjamin Makin and Judge Donarell R. Green, IV
Education
Additional information
- Joined the position in July 2025
- Judge Benjamin moved to Athens, GA, in 2004.
- held the role of a team member in the Western Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court during her public defense tenure
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Recording and broadcasting
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.
Uniform Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, Municipal and Probate Court RulesSupreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Georgia Magistrate Court Rule 15 — virtual proceedings
Clarke County Magistrate Court
Georgia Magistrate Courts only. Virtual proceedings; consent, exceptions and judicial orders control. Dated 2023 source, later amendments not exhaustively certified.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Sources
Identity source checked August 25, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 26, 2026.
Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules ↗Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked August 25, 2026
View Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster ↗