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Waycross Judicial Circuit

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Counties Served:  Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce, Ware

 

Directory

Circuit Judges

Chief Judge Dwayne H. Gillis
101 Peterson Avenue, S., Suite B2
Douglas, GA 31533
912-384-0587/F 384-0701

Jeffrey Kight
Ware County Courthouse
800 Church Street, Suite B202
Waycross, GA 31501
912-287-4330/F 287-4332

 

 


J. Kelly Brooks
Ware County Courthouse
800 Church Street, Suite 223
Waycross, GA   31501
912-287-4443 / F 287-2448

Andrew C. Spivey
Ware County Courthouse
800 Church Street, Suite 218
Waycross, GA   31501
912-283-4307 / F 283-4309

 

Courthouses

Clerk of Court

Bacon County    map it
Shawna Carver
Clerk of Superior Court
P. O. Box 376
Alma, GA   31510-0376
912-632-4915 / F 632-6545
shawna.carver@gsccca.org

Brantley County  map it
Debbie Sirmans
Clerk of Superior Court
P. O. Box 1067
Nahunta, GA   31553
912-462-5635 / F 462-6247
debbie.sirmans@gsccca.org

Charlton County  map it
Wendy Whitaker-Lee
Clerk of Superior Court
P. O. Box 760
Folkston, GA  31537
912-496-2354 / F 496-3882
wendy.whitaker@gsccca.org

 

 

 

 

Coffee County  map it
Elisa C. Gillis
Clerk of Superior Court
101 Peterson Ave, Suite 218B
Douglas, GA   31533
912-384-2865 / F 393-325
elisa.gillis@gsccca.org

Pierce County  map it
Melissa B. Howard
Clerk of Superior Court
P. O. Box 588
Blackshear, GA   31516-0588
912-449-2020 / F 449-2106
melissa.howard@gsccca.org

Ware County  map it
Samantha Bennett
Clerk of Superior Court
800 Church Street
Waycross, GA   31501-3501
912-287-4340 / F 287-2498
samantha.bennett@gsccca.org

 

 

Court Calendar

** Please note – There is no calendar currently available for this particular circuit, please direct all questions regarding court dates and times to the Clerk of Court of the county involved. **

Accountability Court

Drug Court

Superior Court
Counties Served:  Bacon, Brantley, Coffee, Pierce, Ware
Judge Dwayne H. Gillis

Program Coordinator
Stephanie Goddard
sgoddard@unisonbh.com
912-287-4350

Resources

District Attorney and Public Defender

Marilyn Bennett
District Attorney
306 Albany Avenue
Waycross, GA   31501
912-287-4395 / F 287-4399

Joshua Larkey
Public Defender
605 D Church Street
Waycross, GA   31501
912-287-4360 / F 287-4362

Sheriffs

Bacon County
Sheriff Andy Batten
307 S. Dixon Street
Alma, GA   31510
912-632-2658

Brantley County
Sheriff Len Davis
P.O. Box 251
Nahunta, GA   31553
912-462-6141

Charlton County
Sheriff Robert W. Phillips
1548 Third Street
Folkston, GA   31537
912-496-7321

Coffee County
Sheriff Fred T. Cole
825 Thompson Drive
Douglas, GA   31535
912-384-4227

Pierce County
Sheriff Ramsey Bennett
300 Pierce Industrial Blvd.
Blackshear, GA   31516
912-449-2010

Ware County
Sheriff Carl James
3487 Harris Road
Waycross, GA   31503
912-287-4326

 

 

ADR Program

**None at this time**

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Honorable D. Jay Stewart
District Administrative Judge

Honorable John E. Morse, Jr.
District Presiding Judge

Randall C. Weiland
District Court Administrator

Hallie E. Rose
District Administrative Assistant

P. O. Box 2038
Richmond Hill, Georgia 31324
Phone: (912) 459-1315

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