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# Stephanie G. Thompson

Athens-Clarke Municipal Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Athens-Clarke Municipal 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/69121f960af3070317e895e3/)
- [Official roster](https://www.accgov.com/Directory.aspx?did=98)
- [Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/69121f960af3070317e895e3/)
- [Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
- [Georgia Courts Directory; first-party court corroboration](https://www.accgov.com/Directory.aspx?did=98)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- She brings over a decade of prosecutorial experience, having served in the Hall County Solicitor General’s Office since 2015, rising from Assistant Solicitor General to Chief Assistant Solicitor General, and most recently as Interim Solicitor General from August 2024
- Appointed by the Athens‐Clarke County Mayor and Commission on June 10, 2025, succeeding Interim Judge Jim Davis
- The Municipal Court Judge and Administrative Hearing Officer for Athens‐Clarke County, Georgia, appointed in June 2025 to a two‐year term beginning July 1, 2025

### Education


### Additional information

- Named Hall County Employee of the Year in 2021 and chaired the Hall County Domestic Violence Task Force
- Her work included prosecuting misdemeanors such as DUI, domestic violence, and drug possession, as well as serving on Hall County’s Mental Health Court and Family Treatment Court.



## 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.