William âBillâ Grady Hamrick III at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Current assignment
- Georgia State-wide Business Court
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia · State
- Judicial service
- Active
William âBillâ Grady Hamrick III
Biography
Professional career
- William “Bill” Grady Hamrick III is the appointed Judge of Georgia’s Statewide Business Court, serving since September 26, 2022, after a long career in state government and the judiciary
- Before becoming Business Court Judge, Hamrick held the role of a Superior Court Judge in the Coweta Circuit from 2012 to 2022, appointed by then-Governor Nathan Deal.
Education
Additional information
- Hamrick was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp on August 3, 2022, confirmed by the Georgia Legislature on September 14, 2022, and sworn in on September 26, 2022.
- Prior to that, he was a Georgia State Senator for the 30th District (Carroll, Douglas, and Paulding Counties) from 2000 to 2012.
- He succeeded Judge Walt Davis and presides over the Georgia Statewide Business Court, a trial-level court with statewide jurisdiction handling business disputes across diverse industries
- In the Senate, he chaired the Judiciary, Banking and Financial Institutions, and Higher Education committees, and served on the Ethics and Public Safety Committees
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
GA judicial conduct Rule 2.8 — courtroom order and courtesy
Georgia State-wide Business Court
State judicial courts only; published Code version February 1, 2024. Shared decorum baseline; does not establish complete court-specific practice. Shared baseline only, not a judge-specific preference or complete local rules inventory. Apply source exceptions, case-type limits, later amendments and case orders.
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GA BUSINESS COURT DIRECTORY
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