---
title: "W. Brent Hyde | KnowJudges"
canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/w-brent-hyde-ga-municipal-58af01f8ce9168f520c4d3a5"
page_type: "judge_profile"
updated: "2026-08-25"
---

# W. Brent Hyde

Alapaha Municipal Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alapaha 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/58af01f8ce9168f520c4d3a5/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af01f8ce9168f520c4d3a5/)
- [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/58af01f8ce9168f520c4d3a5/)

## JSON-LD

```json
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/w-brent-hyde-ga-municipal-58af01f8ce9168f520c4d3a5",
      "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/w-brent-hyde-ga-municipal-58af01f8ce9168f520c4d3a5",
      "name": "W. Brent Hyde | KnowJudges",
      "description": "W. Brent Hyde, Alapaha Municipal Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.",
      "dateModified": "2026-08-25",
      "isPartOf": {
        "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website"
      },
      "mainEntity": {
        "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/w-brent-hyde-ga-municipal-58af01f8ce9168f520c4d3a5#judge"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Person",
      "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/w-brent-hyde-ga-municipal-58af01f8ce9168f520c4d3a5#judge",
      "name": "W. Brent Hyde",
      "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/w-brent-hyde-ga-municipal-58af01f8ce9168f520c4d3a5",
      "jobTitle": "Judge",
      "worksFor": {
        "@type": "GovernmentOrganization",
        "name": "Alapaha Municipal Court"
      },
      "sameAs": [
        "https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af01f8ce9168f520c4d3a5/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
      "itemListElement": [
        {
          "@type": "ListItem",
          "position": 1,
          "name": "KnowJudges",
          "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj"
        },
        {
          "@type": "ListItem",
          "position": 2,
          "name": "Georgia",
          "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/state/georgia"
        },
        {
          "@type": "ListItem",
          "position": 3,
          "name": "W. Brent Hyde",
          "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/w-brent-hyde-ga-municipal-58af01f8ce9168f520c4d3a5"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

## Biography

### Professional career

- Brent Hyde is a partner and shareholder at Hall Booth Smith, P.C., a Tifton, Georgia law firm
- Hyde’s legal practice covers transportation law, professional negligence, medical malpractice defense, governmental liability, employment law, real estate, and civil litigation defense
- Adjunct Instructor at Abraham Baldwin College, teaching criminal justice and law-related courses

### Education


### Additional information

- Georgia POST–certified peace officer with over 20 years of service as a sworn Reserve Deputy Sheriff, and he has served as a deputy sheriff for several South Georgia sheriffs before becoming an attorney Hall Booth Smith, P.C
- Georgia, W. Brent Hyde is listed as the Judge for that court, which handles cases such as DWI/DUI, traffic infractions, exclusive parking violations, and ordinance violations.
- He is licensed in all North Carolina courts and currently practices in all state and federal courts in Georgia, as well as being admitted to the U.S. Supreme 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.