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     The Juvenile Court of Houston County, Georgia, has an Independent Contract Attorney position available.  If you are interested, please submit your resume to Gina Bowling, Clerk of Court.  Her email address is as follows: gbowling@houstoncountyga.org      Please note that the position pay is based on experience. There is a three-day commitment to…

Dear Houston County Bar Association, As you may know, I serve on the State Bar of Georgia’s Access to Justice Committee.  The Committee is soliciting nominations for its annual Pro Bono Awards.   I hope you will help us identify and celebrate Georgia lawyers and law firms who are demonstrating excellence in our profession by ensuring…

Counsel: In an effort to ensure a proper transition the Court and Superior and State Court Clerks have decided to delay the transition to the new efiling system to make sure all of your questions are addressed and every hitch discovered during training is addressed. Please continue to efile thru PeachCourt until further notice. DO…

The county (magistrate, state and superior courts) will be replacing PeachCourt, Tyler, and our internal AS400, with a new single system called Benchmark. County personnel will be training throughout June with a planned Go Live July 10th. We will be holding an e-file training on the afternoon of July 6th and the morning of July…

Dear Bar Members, We have had several of our members reach out seeking to offer assistance to Lynn and her family during this difficult time. We are exceptionally proud that our organization is one that pulls together in support of one of our own facing an incredibly difficult situation. We are contemplating a few different…

The Juvenile Court of Houston County, Georgia, has an Independent Contract Attorney position available.  If you are interested, please submit your resume to Gina Bowling, Clerk of Court.  Her email address is as follows:  gbowling@houstoncountyga.org  Please note that the position pay is based on experience. There is a three-day commitment to our Court.  Those days…

This is a reminder for those of us who may not know already that the State Court of Houston County will be moving to its new location in Perry (in the newly-renovated and expanded Courthouse complex at 201 Perry Parkway) effective January 23, 2023.   The Solicitor-General’s Office and State Court Public Defender’s Office have…

The following notice is relevant to all of our members who practice criminal law in our Superior Court: Effective immediately and moving forward, the cut-off for newly arrested defendants to make the weekly Thursday bond calendar in Houston Superior Court is moving from Monday at noon to Saturday at 7:00am.  For example, for a defendant…