John A. “Trea” Pipkin III (born 1980/1981) is a Judge of the

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Education

Pipkin earned his associate degree from

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, a bachelor's degree from the

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, and a J.D. degree from the

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Legal and academic career

He previously served as Assistant District Attorney for the Flint Circuit District Attorney's Office and as an adjunct professor of law at the

Emory University School of Law Emory University School of Law is the law school of Emory University and is part of the University's main campus in Druid Hills, Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1916 and was the first law school in Georgia to be granted membership in the Am ...

. He is currently an adjunct professor of law at Gordon State College.

State court service

On December 21, 2017, Governor

Nathan Deal John Nathan Deal (born August 25, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party in 1992 an ...

announced Pipkin as his appointment to serve as a Superior Court Judge of the Henry County Superior Court. He succeeded Wade Crumbley who retired on December 31, 2017. Pipkin also served as Solicitor-General in

McDonough, Georgia McDonough is a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Its population was 22,084 at the 2010 census, up from 8,493 in 2000. The city is the county seat of Henry County. The unincorporated com ...

from 2012–2018.

Appointment to Georgia Court of Appeals

Pipkin was one of six applicants who applied for the vacancy on the

due to the death of

Stephen S. Goss Stephen S. Goss (November 16, 1961 – August 24, 2019) was an American jurist who served as judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals. Education Goss received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia and his Juris Doctor The Juris ...

on August 24, 2019. On March 27, 2020, Governor

Brian Kemp Brian Porter Kemp (born November 2, 1963) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 83rd governor of Georgia since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Kemp served as the 27th secretary of state of Georgia from 2010 to ...

appointed Pipkin to the

. He was sworn into office on April 10, 2020.

References

External links

Official Biography on Georgia Judicial Branch website
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