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# ShaLanda J. Williams

Henry County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Henry County Magistrate 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/60412a2136d1c2001ba94151/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/60412a2136d1c2001ba94151/)
- [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/60412a2136d1c2001ba94151/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Also listed in the 2025 Women’s History Month feature of the Georgia Courts Journal as “Judge ShaLanda Williams, Magistrate Court of Henry County”, confirming her ongoing judicial role
- She was named to the bench at the October 2020 regular meeting of the Henry County Board of Commissioners, upon recommendation of Chief Magistrate Judge Martin Jones, to fill vacancies in the court
- Magistrate Judge in Henry County, GA, with a background in local legal service and a recognized role in the county’s judicial system
- ShaLanda Williams is appointed as an Associate Magistrate Judge in Henry County, Georgia
- The Henry County Board of Commissioners’ resolution for her appointment noted that magistrate judges must have at least seven years of legal practice and be qualified to serve as judges pro tempore for the Superior Court of the Flint Judicial Circuit and the Henry State Court

### Education


### Additional information

- 2020–2024: Magistrate Judge
- Her term was set to end December 31, 2022, under the original appointment



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Georgia Magistrate Court Rule 15 — virtual proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-92c085addd8bb83007e0ba04) — Georgia Magistrate Courts only. Virtual proceedings; consent, exceptions and judicial orders control. Dated 2023 source, later amendments not exhaustively certified. [Official source](https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Order-approving-Magistrate-videoconferencing-rules_entered.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.