Sunday, November 08, 2009
Marla Moore,
Director
Welcome!
The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) is proud to support the work of more than 1700 Georgia judges. These include superior, state, juvenile, probate, magistrate, municipal and appellate court judges. Established in 1973 by the Georgia General Assembly, the office provides technical expertise to the courts under the direction of the Judicial Council of Georgia.
Today the AOC houses the Board of Court Reporting, the Commission on Interpreters, the Committee on Access and Fairness and others. Our office provides oversight or assistance to pilot court projects, the annual superior court workload assessment, trial court councils and other court-related efforts throughout the state.
I am pleased to welcome you and invite you to learn more about the agency’s role as you browse our website. You will find numerous reports and publications posted here that reflect the work of the Georgia courts. On behalf of the AOC and the courts of Georgia it is our pleasure to be of service.
Services and Responsibilities:
* Conducts the annual Superior Court Judgeship Study, staffs the Judicial Council Workload Assessment Committee, compiles caseload data for superior, state, juvenile, probate, magistrate and municipal courts;
* Provides administrative support to Council of State Court Judges, Council of Probate Judges, Council of Magistrate Court Judges, Council of Municipal Court Judges and their training councils; facilitates meeting planning, publication of council newsletters; staffing committees, etc.
* Provides information and education regarding the Georgia Courts through agency publications: the Georgia Courts Journal, Georgia Courts Directory, Your Guide to the Georgia Courts, Annual Report on the Work of the Courts;
* Provides statewide information technology assistance to judges councils; maintains listervs, webpages for each council and for the judicial branch;
* Coordinates the annual judicial branch appropriations request to the General Assembly; provides fiscal support to other judicial branch agencies;
* Oversees and manages the Board of Court Reporting, Commission on Interpreters, County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council; provides administrative support to the Committee on Access and Fairness and the Supreme Court Jury Composition Committee; administers funds appropriated to the Judicial Council Committee on Domestic Violence;
* Secures and manages grant funding for drug courts, DUI courts and other special initiatives; provides administrative support for child support guidelines reform and collection; juvenile justice issues and others.
