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# Kathryn W. Gerhardt

Macon-Bibb County Municipal Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Macon-Bibb County Municipal Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-25

## Sources

- [Official profile](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af0201ce9168f520c4d4e4/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af0201ce9168f520c4d4e4/)
- [Georgia Courts Directory](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af0201ce9168f520c4d4e4/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Part‐time judge of the Macon‐Bibb County Municipal Court in Georgia, serving alongside Chief Judge Crystal Jones and other part‐time judges
- The court’s judicial section also includes Chief Judge Crystal Jones, Judge Robert E. Herndon, and Judge William M. Shurling III
- While her primary public role is as a municipal court judge, her legal background reflects a long career in the legal profession

### Education

- Kathryn Weigand Gerhardt is a licensed attorney in Georgia, admitted in 1981, with a J.D. from Mercer University (magna cum laude) and an M.Ed. from the same institution.

### Additional information

- She has over four decades of legal experience, practicing in areas such as real estate and corporate law.
- One of three part‐time judges in the judicial section of the Macon‐Bibb County Municipal Court, which handles local traffic, ordinance, and other municipal cases.



## 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.