Christopher Charles Edwards

Tifton: (229) 386-1376 | Macon: (478) 292-7272 | Griffin: (404) 567-4546 Christopher Charles Edwards (Judge Edwards) is among the very few former Georgia Superior Court judges returning to private jury trial practice after serving as a Georgia jury trial judge presiding over many hundreds of jury trials over 20 years. He received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. from Nova Southeastern Law School. Judge Edwards began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Griffin Judicial Circuit, then served in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit for five years, from 1981 to 1986.  Beginning in 1986, Judge Edwards maintained a private, mostly civil jury trial practice for twelve years. Before taking the bench, Judge Edwards both prosecuted and defended a wide variety of felonies, including murder, and also a wide variety of civil cases, to jury verdict as lead counsel.  After seventeen years of jury trials, Judge Edwards was elected Superior Court judge in August 1998 and began his first of six four-year terms on January 1, 1999.  He was re-elected in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 without opposition. Judge Edwards has served on five committees of the Council of Superior Court Judges: pattern jury charge, benchbook, uniform rules, bench and bar, and access to justice and fairness in the courts. Judge Edwards also now serves on the Board of Governors and on the Board of the General Practice and Trial Section of the State Bar of Georgia.