PAULDING COUNTY - Key Persons


A. Jason Saliba

Job Titles:
  • Chief Assistant District Attorney

Abernathy, Meghan

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal

Alicia Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Clerk of Court

Altman, Carolyn

Job Titles:
  • Juvenile Court Judge

Alyson Yates-Briant

Job Titles:
  • Court Administrator

Angie Chandler


Brandi Few

Job Titles:
  • Field Operations Coordinator

Brett Williams

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney

Chandler, Angie

Job Titles:
  • Dependency Deputy Clerk

Christy Howard

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Staff

Clark, Alex

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Public Defender

Court Calendars

Job Titles:
  • Chief Judge Angela R. O'Conor
  • Judge Mason B. Rountree

Deidre Holden-Director

Job Titles:
  • Director

Fred Berke

Job Titles:
  • Chief Investigator

Freeman, Michele

Job Titles:
  • Treatment Services Coordinator

Howard, Christy

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal

Jacobs, Alicia

Job Titles:
  • Clerk of Court

Jacobson, Jana

Job Titles:
  • Senior Assistant Public Defender

Jessica Lord

Job Titles:
  • Election Specialist

Judge Angela R. O'Conor

Job Titles:
  • Chief

Judge Mason B. Rountree

Job Titles:
  • Judge
After almost thirty years of practicing law with his wife, Ana, Judge Rountree was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp in February 2025 to serve as Paulding County's second State Court Judge and was sworn in at the Capitol on February 11, 2025. Judge Rountree is a native Georgian and obtained his undergraduate degree in business economics from UGA in 1992 and his law degree, cum laude, from Georgia State University College of Law in 1995. After graduating from law school, he worked as the law clerk for the Superior Court Judges in Paulding, Polk and Haralson Counties. He and his wife, Ana, formed Rountree Law Firm in downtown Dallas in 1999 where his practice consisted primarily of non-domestic civil litigation, criminal law, and small business law. Judge Rountree and his wife have four children and one grandchild. They actively support various non-profits and charities in the community, including McKenna Farms, Dallas Elementary School, and Tellus Museum.

Keenan Parsons

Job Titles:
  • Magistrate Judge

Kreimer, Melissa

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Public Defender

Lackey, Sherese

Job Titles:
  • Delinquency Senior Deputy Clerk

Lacy Dunn

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

LaTisha Campbel

Job Titles:
  • Election Clerk

Lisa Baty

Job Titles:
  • Magistrate Judge

Martin Enrique Valbuena

Job Titles:
  • Chief Magistrate Judge

McDonald, Heather

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Administrative Supervisor

Meghan Abernathy

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Staff

Michele Freeman


Mike Harmon

Job Titles:
  • Legal Assistant

Mike Hensley

Job Titles:
  • Water Operations Manager

Motes, Madison

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Ray, Rebecca

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal

Robert S. Lane

Job Titles:
  • District Attorney

Sarah Parsons

Job Titles:
  • Staff Attorney

Sharp, Randall

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chief Assistant Public Defender

Sheriff Henson

Job Titles:
  • Sheriff

Southard, Christi

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Supervisor

Stephanie Brandon

Job Titles:
  • Director of Victim Services

Thomas A. Cole

Job Titles:
  • Chief Assistant District Attorney

Tiffany Watson

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff

White, Larry

Job Titles:
  • Senior Assistant Public Defender