Kristina Cook Graham at a glance
- Current role
- Chief Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia · State
- Judicial service
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Kristina Cook Graham
Chief Judge · Dade County Superior Court
Kristina Cook Graham — Dade County Superior Court
Biography
Professional career
- Appointed: April 1992 by Governor Zell Miller as Georgia’s fourth Superior Court judge
- Noted as the first female Superior Court judge in the circuit
- Retired Superior Court judge who served for over 32 years on the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit in Georgia’s 7th Superior Court District
- Chief Judge: held the role of circuit chief judge since 2016
- Judge Graham’s 32‐year service combined judicial leadership, community engagement, and innovative court programs.
Education
Additional information
- overseeing Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, and Walker Counties
- In January 2024, Judge Graham announced she would not seek re‐election in the 2024 judicial election, citing her satisfaction with leaving the circuit in a “healthy and professional state” Her retirement was celebrated on December 6, 2024, at the Summerville Depot, attended by colleagues and community members