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# Kimberly April Thomas

Clinch County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Clinch 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/645bd3e19250fb002712ac3c/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/645bd3e19250fb002712ac3c/)
- [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/645bd3e19250fb002712ac3c/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Kimberly Ann Thomas — Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kimberly Ann Thomas is an American academic and judge who became Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court in January 2025

### Education


### Additional information

- Election: Won the 2024 Michigan Supreme Court seat, defeating challenger Andrew Fink This is a high-profile judicial role, but her name is Kimberly Ann Thomas, not “Kimberly April Thomas.”
- Recognition: Named to Super Lawyers 2020–2022
- Born 1971 or 1972.
- U.S. Court of Appeals), University of Michigan Law School faculty, Fulbright scholar at University College Cork, Ireland
- She is not a judge and has no judicial appointment listed



## 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.