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# Linda Bratton Haynes

DeKalb County Juvenile Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: DeKalb County Juvenile 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/58af01d7ce9168f520c4cf55/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af01d7ce9168f520c4cf55/)
- [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/58af01d7ce9168f520c4cf55/)

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## Biography

### 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