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# Melinda Davis Taylor

Emerson Municipal Court · Associate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Emerson Municipal Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Associate 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/603e571dec46fb001be9a5a2/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/603e571dec46fb001be9a5a2/)
- [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/58af0203ce9168f520c4d528/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Partner at Spruell Taylor & Assoc., P.C. in Marietta, GA, where she has practiced since 1996
- She also serves as a part‐time Magistrate Judge in the Cobb County Magistrate Court (People’s Court), appointed in August 2026 by Chief Magistrate Judge Brendan F. Murphy
- Began her judicial career in 2003 and has never held the role of a prosecutor, focusing instead on defense and client representation.
- Taylor has over 20 years of municipal court service and more than 30 years in legal practice
- Marietta City Hall (Judge’s Office): 205 Lawrence Street, Marietta, GA 30060

### Education



### Additional information

- Graduate of the University of Georgia and Georgia State University College of Law
- Melinda Taylor is Associate Judge in the municipal courts of Marietta, Smyrna, and Emerson.
- Taylor belongs to the Cobb County Bar Association and the Eastminster Presbyterian Church.



## 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.