Commissioner
The Honorable Howard Z. Simms is the Chief Judge for the Macon Judicial Circuit Superior Court in Georgia. He was elected to the bench in 2010.
The Macon Judicial Circuit is comprised of Macon-Bibb, Crawford and Peach Counties.
Prior to his election, Simms worked for over nine years as the District Attorney for the Macon Judicial Circuit and was an assistant district attorney for twelve years before that. During his tenure there, he prosecuted all manner of felony cases and also spent time as a juvenile prosecutor before transitioning into general felonies and narcotics. Simms later became a gang and violent crimes prosecutor and also served as chief of the office’s appellate division for over ten years.
He received a bachelor’s degree from Mercer University in 1984. Simms went on to complete a J.D. at Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law in 1988.
He was admitted to practice in Georgia (1988), the Court of Appeals of Georgia, the Georgia Supreme Court, and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
His memberships have included the Macon Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the District Attorneys Association of Georgia (past president), and the William Augustus Bootle American Inn of Court.
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