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# Kimberly Charles

Fulton County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Fulton 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/5d766710a40b0800119003f9/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/5d766710a40b0800119003f9/)
- [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/5d766710a40b0800119003f9/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Part‐time Magistrate Judge of the Fulton County Magistrate Court in Georgia, appointed in March 2019, with extensive experience in civil litigation, domestic relations, landlord/tenant cases, consumer law, and administrative law
- Website: Fulton County Magistrate Court – Judge Kimberly Charles Fulton County Magistrate Court
- She works part‐time in the court and full‐time as the managing attorney for Atlanta Legal Aid’s Clayton & South Fulton Office, practicing exclusively in Clayton County

### Education


### Additional information

- Magistrate Judge in the Fulton County Magistrate Court, a system established in Georgia in 1983 to handle small claims, limited jurisdiction, and certain civil matters.
- Judge Charles is a charter member and board member of the Villages at Carver Family YMCA, active in the Church at Ponce and Highland, and enjoys walking her Great Dane and cycling in the Cascade neighborhood



## 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.