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# M. Steven Campbell

Habersham County State Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Habersham County State 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/58af022bce9168f520c4da96/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af022bce9168f520c4da96/)
- [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/58af022bce9168f520c4da96/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge of the State Court in Georgia, appointed in 2010 by then‐Governor Sonny Perdue, with a background in municipal law, litigation, and public service
- Served as municipal court judge for Tallulah Falls, GA
- Was a partner at Campbell & Campbell, practicing personal injury, litigation, wills/probate, and municipal law
- Served as a prosecutor for State Court

### Education

- in, Wake Forest University School of Law — J.D. (1986)
- in, Wake Forest University — B.A. (1982)

### Additional information

- Worked as city attorney for Cornelia, GA since 1995
- Appointed: August 11, 2010, by Governor Sonny Perdue, filling the vacancy created by Linton K. Crawford Jr.’s appointment to the Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court
- Past president, Mountain Judicial Circuit Bar Association
- Admitted to the Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court (N.D. Ga.), and U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- Member, State Bar of Georgia and Chattahoochee Inn of Court