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# Pamela Peynado

Atlanta Municipal Court · Judge Pro Hac Vice

## Profile

- Court: Atlanta Municipal Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Judge Pro Hac Vice
- 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/63979240c17898002518a341/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/63979240c17898002518a341/)
- [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/63979240c17898002518a341/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Now the Managing Attorney at Peynado Law Firm and also serves as a part‐time judge in Atlanta, Georgia
- Began as a receptionist at an immigration law firm, quickly advancing to paralegal, lawyer, and eventually partner

### Education


### Additional information

- Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and raised in New York, Pamela Peynado moved to Georgia in 2006 while studying at Georgia State University.
- Her clients have included Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, cities, banks, and churches.
- She has also dedicated extensive pro bono work to those unable to afford legal representation
- She holds leadership roles in the Georgia Hispanic Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association, and has served on Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Immigrant Detention Advisory Council.
- Recently, she joined the Federal Judicial Nominations Advisory Commission by Senators Warnock and Ossoff
- Pamela Peynado is a nationally recognized immigration and personal injury attorney, award‐winning legal leader, and part‐time judge in Atlanta, Georgia
- She has been featured on CNN, ABC, NBC, Telemundo, and Univision, and her work was highlighted in CNN’s documentary The Defenders



## 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.