--- title: "Willis B. Hunt Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/willis-b-hunt-jr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-03" --- # Willis B. Hunt Jr. 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 - American jurist who held the role of a Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia from 1995 until his retirement in 2025 - Judge, District Court, N.D. Georgia, 1995-2005 - Associate Justice, Georgia Supreme Court (1986–1995) - Judge, Houston County [Georgia] Superior Court, 1971-1986 ### Education - University of Virginia School of Law — LL.M. (1990) - Emory University School of Law — 1954 - Emory University — B.A. - Emory University — J.D. ### Additional information - He assumed senior status on June 30, 2005. - Judge, 1996-1996 - Hunt was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 23, 1995 to fill the seat vacated by Horace T. Ward, confirmed by the Senate on March 24, 1995, and commissioned the same day. - Judge, 1985-1985 - Private practice, Perry and Warner Robins, GA, 1967-1971 - Private practice, Perry and Warner Robins, Georgia, 1967-1971 - Private practice, Atlanta, GA, 1960-1967 - Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960-1967 - Private practice, Clearwater, FL, 1959-1960 - Private practice, Clearwater, Florida, 1959-1960 - Special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1957-1959 - U.S. Army, 1955-1957 - Born December 10, 1932, Malden, Massachusetts. - Date of birth: 1932-01-01 - Hunt’s career reflects a progression from local and state courts to the federal bench, spanning over five decades of legal service. - His courtroom was in the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta - Birth place: Malden, MA ## 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/1382566) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382566) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382566) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1568/willis-b-hunt-jr/) - [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/1568/willis-b-hunt-jr/) - [Judge Willis B. Hunt Jr.](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382566) - [Wikidata: Willis B. Hunt, Jr.](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8022022) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/willis-b-hunt-jr", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/willis-b-hunt-jr", "name": "Willis B. Hunt Jr. | KnowJudges", "description": "Willis B. Hunt Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-03", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/willis-b-hunt-jr#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/willis-b-hunt-jr#judge", "name": "Willis B. 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