John Richard Neville at a glance
- Current role
- Chief Judge
- Current assignment
- Cumming Municipal Court
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia · State
- Judicial service
- Active
John Richard Neville
Chief Judge · Cumming Municipal Court
Biography
Professional career
- This matter involved a retired Cook County, Illinois judge, not the Cumming Municipal Court Chief Judge ABA Journal
Education
Additional information
- Founder of Neville Law, LLC (2022) after retiring from his law partnership
- American attorney and judge, best known for his role as Chief Judge of the City of Cumming Municipal Court in Georgia.
- Also the founder of Neville Law, LLC, a Cumming-based law firm specializing in personal injury, wrongful death, probate, and real estate litigation
- Cumming, Georgia municipal judge and attorney with decades of legal experience, active in both the judiciary and private practice.
- As Chief Judge, Neville presides over municipal court proceedings in Cumming, Georgia, ensuring fair and impartial adjudication.
- The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and others called for review of his past cases and criticized his conduct.
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
Uniform Municipal Court Rules, December 31, 2025
Cumming Municipal Court
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 ↗ · 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
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