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# Kalynn Woodard

Columbia County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Columbia County Magistrate 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.

## 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/660d4e9492355c0028a74dbf/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/660d4e9492355c0028a74dbf/)
- [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/660d4e9492355c0028a74dbf/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Kalynn Woodard has been serving as Deputy Clerk of Superior Court for Jefferson County, Georgia, since November 2007
- Magistrate Judge in Columbia County, Georgia, serving on the county’s Magistrate Court bench

### Education


### Additional information

- The Columbia County Magistrate Court is led by Chief Magistrate Judge Jason R. Troiano, with other judges including Dale Jenereaux, Rodney Quesenberry, Jill D. Morris, Matthew Wade Padgett, Leslie Morgan, and Stephanie Darabaris.



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Georgia Magistrate Court Rule 15 — virtual proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-92c085addd8bb83007e0ba04) — Georgia Magistrate Courts only. Virtual proceedings; consent, exceptions and judicial orders control. Dated 2023 source, later amendments not exhaustively certified. [Official source](https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Order-approving-Magistrate-videoconferencing-rules_entered.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.