--- title: "Julie Adams Jacobs | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julie-adams-jacobs" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-25" --- # Julie Adams Jacobs Cobb County Superior Court · Judge ## Profile - Court: Cobb County Superior 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. ## Biography ### Professional career - Superior Court Judge in Cobb County, Georgia, appointed in 2022 and elected to her first full term in 2024, with nearly 20 years of prior service in the Georgia Attorney General’s Office - Kemp, she joined the Georgia Attorney General’s Office in 2003, where she served as the Deputy Attorney General of the Commercial Transactions and Litigation Division. - As part of her practice, she also assisted the Attorney General with the regulation of charitable and nonprofit entities - Julie has also served as the hearing officer in numerous hospital acquisitions involving the Attorney General’s review under the Georgia Hospital Acquisition Act ### Education - Emory University School of Law — 2003 - Georgia State University — B.A. ### Additional information - Appointed on August 15, 2022 and elected in 2024. - Julie Adams Jacobs will serve on the Cobb Judicial Circuit Superior Court. - Also listed among the court’s senior judges - Cobb County Superior Court bench - handling a wide range of cases. - Prior to being appointed to this position by Gov. - She has shared that her upbringing on a family cattle farm in Dalton, GA, instilled in her values of resilience and hard work ## 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 ### recording devices and courtroom access Scope: statewide For Georgia Superior Court proceedings, statewide Rule 22 governs recording devices and courtroom recording; counsel should confirm judge approval and courtroom conditions before using recording, photographic, or comparable electronic presentation equipment. Evidence excerpt: The new version will take effect on May 1, 2018. [Supreme Court of Georgia, New Rule 22 approved for use of recording devices in courtrooms](https://www.gasupreme.us/new-rule-22/) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/6336ee5bc383b100219a6ea8/) - [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/6336ee5bc383b100219a6ea8/) - [Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules) - [Supreme Court of Georgia, New Rule 22 approved for use of recording devices in courtrooms](https://www.gasupreme.us/new-rule-22/) - [Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/6336ee5bc383b100219a6ea8/) - [Gov. Kemp Announces Two Appointments to Cobb Judicial Circuit Superior Court](https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2022-06-24/gov-kemp-announces-two-appointments-cobb-judicial-circuit-superior-court) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julie-adams-jacobs", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julie-adams-jacobs", "name": "Julie Adams Jacobs | KnowJudges", "description": "Julie Adams Jacobs, Cobb County Superior Court. 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Collected April 9, 2026 compilation; amendments effective November 5, 2026 are future on this collection date and are not applied. 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/4/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/14025702/UNIFORM-SUPERIOR-COURT-RULES-2026_04_09.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.