--- title: "Steve CarMichael Jones | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steve-carmichael-jones" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Steve CarMichael Jones U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia - State: Georgia - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Georgia, 2011-present - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, having assumed senior status on January 1, 2025 - Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Western Judicial Circuit, Tenth Judicial District, 1995-2011 - Judge, Athens-Clarke County Georgia Municipal Court, 1993-1995 - Assistant district attorney, Western Judicial Circuit, GA, 1987-1993 ### Education - B.B.A. from the University of Georgia in 1978 and later a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1987 - Terry College of Business ### Additional information - Born January 26, 1957, in Athens, Georgia. - Date of birth: 1957-01-01 - Earlier, he directed the Athens Child Support Recovery Unit - Jones grew up in Athens, Georgia, graduating from Cedar Shoals High School. - Jones is a past president of the Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court, a member of the Old War Horse Lawyers Club, and has served on the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission (past chair). - He has also been active in University of Georgia governance and community service, receiving multiple awards for judicial service and volunteer work - Birth place: Athens, GA ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393626) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393626) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393626) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1670/steve-carmichael-jones/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1670/steve-carmichael-jones/) - [Wikidata: Steve C. Jones](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7612127) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steve-carmichael-jones", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steve-carmichael-jones", "name": "Steve CarMichael Jones | KnowJudges", "description": "Steve CarMichael Jones, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. 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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://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. 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://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.