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# Kevin Johnson

Gilmer County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Gilmer 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/60130c5b65efd2001b354afa/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/60130c5b65efd2001b354afa/)
- [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/60130c5b65efd2001b354afa/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- 22, 2025, Justice James G. Clynes dismissed the petition, finding no fraud or misconduct and that the plaintiffs failed to show the election was so flawed as to require judicial intervention
- In short: The judge’s decision upheld Johnson’s election, rejecting the challenge as legally unfounded, and the matter is now closed in court
- A New York Supreme Court judge ruled in favor of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church and its senior pastor, Rev

### Education


### Additional information

- Johnson, a Morehouse College and Union Theological Seminary graduate, became senior pastor in September 2024 after a succession dispute following the 2022 death of longtime pastor Rev.
- On Dec.
- The judge concluded the church met its burden of showing the process was lawful



## 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.