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# L'Erin Barnes Wiggins

Pine Lake Municipal Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Pine Lake Municipal 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/5c5afe100eda87556ee1c337/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/5c5afe100eda87556ee1c337/)
- [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/5c5afe100eda87556ee1c337/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge L’Erin Barnes Wiggins is the municipal court judge for the City of Pine Lake, Georgia
- L’Erin Barnes Wiggins serves as the Judge for Pine Lake Municipal Court, adjudicating misdemeanor traffic and criminal cases, code enforcement matters, and city ordinance violations within Pine Lake’s limits
- Wiggins has coached high school mock trial, volunteered with the Gate City Justice Benham Law Camp, and led committees for the Parent Community at Woodward Academy

### Education


### Additional information

- focusing on local government law.
- handling traffic, misdemeanor, code enforcement, and ordinance violation cases, with a background as a seasoned local government attorney and litigator
- Before becoming a judge, Wiggins had nearly 20 years in legal practice, starting as a public defender in Clayton County’s State Court and later as an associate attorney in civil litigation
- Her practice covered ad valorem taxation, zoning, contracts, real estate, constitutional challenges, labor and employment, bond validations, permits, utilities, annexations, and other governmental matters.
- She has also held the role of a City/County Attorney Seminar Speaker and Georgia Municipal Association City Attorney CLE Speaker
- She has also trained code enforcement officials and maintained certifications with the Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Committee



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Uniform Municipal Court Rules, December 31, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-9acfd5d59c7a383c114b177a) — Municipal Court proceedings, including expressly stated civil/criminal limitations. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://assets.georgiacourts.gov/2/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/01171708/UNIFORM-MUNICIPAL-COURT-RULES-12312025.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.