Governor Brian Kemp has appointed Athens-Clarke County Municipal Court Judge Ryan Hope to a seat on the State Court of Clarke County. Hope replaces the recently resigned State Court Judge Ethelyn Simpson. Hope has been a judge on the Municipal Court in Athens since 2017.
From the Governor’s Office…
Ryan Hope has served as Judge of the Municipal Court of Athens-Clarke County since 2017. In this role, he sits by designation as both a State Court Judge in the State Court of Athens-Clarke County and as a Superior Court Judge assisting Chief Superior Court Judge Eric Norris. He previously served as Chief Assistant Solicitor in the Solicitor General’s Office of Athens-Clarke County. Prior to that, he worked as a public defender for the UGA Legal Aid Clinic and the Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office. Judge Hope received his J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Georgia. He is active in his community, serving as a board member for Timothy Road Elementary School PTO, board president for People Living in Recovery, and Treasurer for the Executive Committee of the Council of Municipal Court Judges. He and his wife have two children and reside in Athens.
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