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# Kema S. Fussell

Coffee County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Coffee 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/58b43f3e401a025025446aec/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58b43f3e401a025025446aec/)
- [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/58b43f3e401a025025446aec/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Public payroll data shows Fussell has been employed by Coffee County in various capacities, most recently as Assistant Magistrate Judge in 2023, with annual compensation of $64,031
- Full‐time Assistant Magistrate Judge for the Coffee County Magistrate Court in Douglas, Georgia
- Kema Fussell serves as one of the three judges in the Coffee County Magistrate Court, alongside Chief Magistrate Judge Julia Phillips and part‐time Judge Danny Burkhalter

### Education


### Additional information

- Public records list Kema S. Fussell as age 66–67, born in 1959, residing in Douglas, GA.
- handling both civil and criminal cases under the court’s jurisdiction



## 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.