United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

The United States District Court for the District of Georgia was one of the original thirteen courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, , on September 24, 1789. The District was further subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by . The Middle District was formed from portions of both the Northern and Southern Districts on May 28, 1926, by . == Jurisdiction ==

The Augusta Division comprises the following counties: Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren and Wilkes. The Brunswick Division comprises the following counties: Appling, Camden, Glynn, Long, McIntosh, Jeff Davis, and Wayne. The Dublin Division comprises the following counties: Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, and Wheeler. The Savannah Division comprises the following counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty. The Statesboro Division comprises the following counties: Bulloch, Candler, Emanuel, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall, and Toombs. The Waycross Division comprises the following counties: Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware. == Current judges ==

• Sion A. Darnell 1882–86 • Dupont Guerry 1886–1901 • Marion Erwin 1901-12 • Alexander Akerman 1912–14 • Erle M. Donalson 1914–19 • John W. Bennett 1919–22 • F. G. Boatright 1922–27 • Charles L. Redding 1927–32 • Walter W. Sheppard 1932–33 • Charles L. Redding 1933 • J. Saxton Daniel 1933–53 • William C. Calhoun 1953–61 • Donald H. Fraser 1961–69 R. • R. Jackson B. Smith, Jr. 1969–77 • William T. Moore, Jr. 1977–81 • Hinton R. Pierce 1981–92 • Jay D. Gardner 1992–94 • Harry Donival Dixon, Jr. 1994–2001 • Richard S. Thompson 2001–2004 • Paul B. Murphy 2004 • Lisa Godbey Wood 2004–2007 • Edmund A. Booth, Jr. 2007–2009 • Edward J. Tarver 2009–2017 • Bobby Christine 2017–2021 • David H. Estes 2021–2023 • Jill E. Steinberg 2023–2025 • Tara M. Lyons 2025 • Meg E. Heap 2025– == See also ==