Candidates for Habersham State Court Judge are Steve Campbell, the incumbent, and Robb Kiker. The State Court Judge responsibilities are to exercise jurisdiction over misdemeanor violations, including traffic cases, and adjudicate civil actions except in cases in which the superior court has exclusive jurisdiction. State courts are authorized to hold hearings on applications for an issuance of search and arrest warrants and to hold preliminary hearings. State court judges are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan, countywide elections. Part-time judges may practice law, except in their own courts.
Steve Campbell is the incumbent in the Habersham State Court election. He is a part time judge, part time private attorney. He has lived in Habersham since 1992 after he completed law school and worked as a law clerk in Superior Court in the late 1980s. He graduated from Wake Forest University Law School in 1986. He has a wide range of law experience, including being the solicitor for State Court since 1993, as the prosecutor. He was appointed by Governor Perdue in 2010 at State Court Judge. He was elected to that same position in 2012. He feels attorneys, defendants and plaintiffs are consistently treated fairly in his court room.
Robb Kiker is a local attorney with twenty-nine years of experience as a practicing attorney in civil and criminal courts. He served as county attorney for Habersham County for 17 years. He was also the county attorney for Townes County for seven years. He is an active duty commissioned JAG officer. He feels the greatest threat to communities is the drug problem, particularly in rural counties, where some people may feel they have no opportunity in life. He feels punishment should be delivered in a case-by-case basis. He would be a part time attorney, if elected, and would continue to some extent his legal practice outside the State Court Judge position.
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