Georgia Legal Overview: Savannah The Savannah metropolitan area in Georgia is defined by Census Bureau as covering three counties. The list includes Bryan, Chatham and Effingham counties. The Savannah metro area is a part of the larger Savannah–Hinesville–Fort Stewart CSA which additionally includes Liberty and Long counties. It could also be said that the Savannah–Hinesville–Fort Stewart CSA consists of the Savannah and Hinesville–Fort Stewart metro areas. Listed below are the main cites and CDPs in the core three county Savannah metro area.
Top Georgia cities for Legal Issues: Savannah
1. Each of the three counties in the Savannah metro area is served by different judicial circuits within the First Judicial District of Georgia. The city of Savannah and Chatham County are served by the Eastern Judicial Circuit, with the superior court as the main trial court with general jurisdiction. Savannah also has the State Court of Chatham County with limited jurisdiction, in addition to magistrate, probate and juvenile courts. Bryan County is served by the Atlantic Judicial Circuit whose superior court is in Pembroke. 2. A federal judge ruled that the Georgia Ports Authority may participate in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Army Corps by environmentalists that challenges the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel. 3. The teamsters Union and Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler are locked in an intense battle over unemployment benefits for several hundred contract workers in the education sector in Savannah. The U.S. Labor Department ordered Butler to provide the unemployment compensation, but he plans to appeal the decision.
Eastern Judicial Circuit – 1st Judicial District of Georgia
State Court of Chatham County, GA Bryan County - Atlantic Judicial Circuit – 1st Judicial District of Georgia U.S. District Court - Southern District of Georgia U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Trending SavannahLegal Topics: Effingham County is served by the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit with a superior court division in Springfield. Magistrate and municipal court appeals can be handled directly by superior courts. Appeals against verdicts handed down by these superior courts may be filed with the Georgia Court of Appeals, followed by a possible appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court as the court of last resort. Federal cases in the Savannah metro area may be filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Federal appeals in Georgia are handled by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. |