Robert Tidwell at a glance
- Current role
- Chief Judge
- Current assignment
- Woodstock Municipal Court
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Robert Tidwell
Chief Judge · Woodstock Municipal Court
Biography
Professional career
- Also a judge of the Cherokee County Magistrate Court in Georgia from January 2015
Education
Additional information
- Also quoted in 2024 as leading a special amnesty program for failure-to-appear warrants during Georgia Cities Week
- Tidwell completed studies at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2002 as a Scholar Merit Award Recipient.
- Legal Career: Before becoming a judge, he worked over seven years as an insurance attorney, including trial counsel for two of the largest U.S. insurance companies.
- focusing on personal injury law at The Tidwell Firm before his judicial appointment
- He also practiced as a plaintiff’s trial attorney and personal injury lawyer
- Chief Judge of the Woodstock Municipal Court, which handles misdemeanor criminal, traffic, and city ordinance cases in Woodstock, Georgia.
- Other Experience: Tidwell is a former U.S. Army serviceman and an active member of Piedmont Church in Marietta, Georgia
- He was also Associate Editor of the Cumberland Law Review and Chief Justice of the Cumberland Honor Court
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Recording and broadcasting
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.
Uniform Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, Municipal and Probate Court RulesSupreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Uniform Municipal Court Rules, December 31, 2025
Woodstock Municipal Court
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 ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Sources
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Biography sources checked July 26, 2026.
Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 26, 2026
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