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Back to JudgesHon. Nancy Diane Carson
Associate Magistrate from November 19, 2004 – present.
Education and Credentials:
Bar Admissions: Georgia, 1997.
Law School: Georgia State University, J.D. 1997.
Law Practice: Judge Carson is a Partner with Carson & Ruskell Attorneys in Woodstock, Georgia. She was an Assistant Solicitor for Cherokee County from 1998 through 2001.
Hon. Konrad G.W. Zielger
Associate Magistrate from July 24, 2012 – present.
Education and Credentials:
Bar Admissions: All trial and appellate courts in Georgia, 2006. United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Law School: Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law – J.D., 2006.
Law Practice: Lee & Ziegler, LLP in Canton, Georgia
Hon. Eric A. Ballinger
Associate Magistrate from September 28, 2016 – present.
Education and Credentials:
Bar Admissions: Georgia, 1993.
Law School: John Marshall Law School.
Law Practice: The Law Office of Eric A. Ballinger, LLM ,PC.
Hon. Jack M. "Trey" Goodwin, III
Associate Magistrate from November 22, 2016 – present.
Education and Credentials:
Bar Admissions: Georgia, 2012.
Law School: Oklahoma City University.
Law Practice: Jack M. Goodwin, III, P.C.
Hon. June G. Sullenger
Associate Magistrate from November 20, 2020 – present.
Education and Credentials:
Bar Admissions:
- Georgia 2007 - present
- Michigan 2000 - present
Law School: Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan J.D. 2000
Law Practice: Judge Sullenger has been the principal of Sullenger Law in Woodstock, Georgia, from 2017 - present. From 2008 to 2017, she was a Assistant Solicitor for the Office of the Cherokee County Solicitor's Office.
Hon. Andrew T. Smith
Associate Magistrate from December 16, 2022 – present.
Education and Credentials:
Bar Admissions:
- Georgia 2012 - present
Law School: Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, J.D.
Law Practice: Smith Legal PC, Associate Attorney at Flint, Connolly & Walker, LLP