District Attorney Samir Patel Appointed to Superior Court Post

According to a press release, Governor Brian P. Kemp announced five appointments to Superior Courts across the state, including Jephson Bendinger to the Coweta County Judicial Circuit vacancy created by HB 243, Joseph Dent to the Dougherty Judicial Circuit vacancy created by HB 77, Alice Benton to the Atlanta Judicial Circuit created by the retirement of the Honorable Judge Henry Newkirk, Kenneth Smith to the Macon Judicial Circuit vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Judge Howard Simms, and Samir Patel to the Cherokee Judicial Circuit vacancy created by the appointment of Judge Jeffrey Watkins to the Court of Appeals.

Samir Patel has served as District Attorney for Bartow and Gordon Counties in the Cherokee Judicial Circuit since his appointment by Governor Kemp in 2021. Previously, he served as associate attorney of White & Choate, as Municipal Court Judge of Euharlee, Georgia, and as an assistant public defender for the Georgia Public Defender’s Standards Council for the Cherokee Judicial Circuit. He previously served as a Part Time Instructor at ITT Technical Institute in Kennesaw, teaching criminal law, constitutional law, and ethics. Patel earned his bachelor’s in Information Sciences and a B.B.A. from East Tennessee State University and his J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law.

District Attorney Samir Patel Appointed to Superior Court Post

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