Linda Bratton Haynes

Professional career

• Judge Bratton-Haynes has served on the DeKalb County Juvenile Court bench since 1998, initially as a judge pro tem (1998–2002) and later as an associate judge (2002–present)
• Linda Y. Bratton-Haynes is an Associate Judge of the DeKalb County Juvenile Court in Georgia, appointed in 1998, with a career spanning judicial service, private legal practice, and community leadership
• Robert Benham of the Georgia Court of Appeals, then joined Franklin, Moran & Boyle in 1988, later buying into the firm and opening her own practice specializing in bankruptcy, business, civil, and criminal law

Education

Additional information

• Also recognized for developing the Truancy Awareness Prevention Program and helping establish the Juvenile Drug Court in DeKalb County
• Her memberships include the Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges, National Council of Family and Juvenile Court Judges, DeKalb Lawyers Association, and DeKalb Bar Association.
• She has received the Tupac Shukar Foundation’s Women in Progress Award and the Atlanta Center for Healing’s Trailblazer Award