Judge Mike Jacobs – Division A-5

Judge Mike Jacobs has served on the State Court of DeKalb County since June 2015 and is presently serving as its chief judge. Prior to his judicial service, he served ten and a half years in the Georgia House of Representatives.

Judge Jacobs received his law degree in 2003, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was the executive articles editor of the Georgia Law Review. He earned his bachelor’s degree in 1997 from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Judge Jacobs is the District 7 chair for the Council of State Court Judges of Georgia, the current president of the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia, and the immediate past chair of the board of directors of Leadership DeKalb. He also sings as a baritone in the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus and has performed in the cast of the Atlanta Bar Association’s parody musical production, the Bard Show.

Judge Jacobs is the proud parent of three children.