United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (in case citations, N.D. Ga.) is a United States district court which serves the residents of forty-six counties. These are divided up into four divisions.

Appeals from cases brought in the Northern District of Georgia are to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

History
The United States District Court for the District of Georgia was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789,, on September 24, 1789. The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by. The Middle District was formed from portions of those two Districts on May 28, 1926, by.

Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction and venue are enumerated in.

The Atlanta division includes: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, and Rockdale counties.

The Gainesville division serves: Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties.

The Newnan division hears cases for: Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, and Troup counties.

The Rome division serves: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield counties.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

, the United States attorney is Ryan K. Buchanan.

U.S. Attorneys

 * Emory Speer 1883-85
 * Ben H. Hill, Jr. 1885-89
 * Sion A. Darnell 1889-93
 * Joseph S. James 1893-97
 * Edgar A. Angier 1897-1905
 * Farish C. Tate 1905-13
 * Hooper Alexander 1913-21
 * Clint W. Hager 1921-34
 * Lawrence S. Camp 1934-42
 * J. Ellis Mundy 1942
 * M. Neil Andrews 1942-46
 * J. Ellis Mundy 1946-53
 * James W. Dorsey 1953-59
 * Charles D. Read, Jr. 1959-61
 * Charles L. Goodson 1961-77
 * William L. Harper 1977-81
 * Robert J. Castellani 1981
 * Dorothy Y. Kirkley 1981
 * James E. Baker 1981-82
 * Larry D. Thompson 1982-86
 * Stephen S. Cowen 1986
 * Bob Barr 1986-90
 * Rimantas Rukstele 1990
 * Joe D. Whitley 1990-93
 * Gerrilyn G. Brill 1993
 * Kent B. Alexander 1994-97
 * Janet King 1997-98
 * Richard H. Deane, Jr. 1998-2001
 * William S. Duffey Jr. 2001-2004
 * Sally Yates 2004-2004
 * David Nahmias 2004-2009
 * Sally Quillan Yates 2010-2015
 * John A. Horn 2015-2017
 * BJay Pak 2017-2021
 * Bobby Christine 2021
 * Kurt Erskine 2021-2022
 * Ryan K. Buchanan 2022-present