Hon. Fatima El-Amin

Judge Fatima A. El-Amin is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. She attended W.D. Mohammed High School and graduated from Harvard University with a dual B.A. in Psychology and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. She received her J.D. from Emory University School of Law in 2000. Judge El-Amin began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in DeKalb County. She has served as a full Juvenile Court Judge since 2014 and was appointed Chief Judge of the DeKalb County Juvenile Court effective January 1, 2023. She presides over dependency, delinquent, and traffic cases, as well as the DeKalb County Juvenile Drug Treatment Court, Rebound. Judge El-Amin is a recipient of the NAACP DeKalb Thurgood Marshall Award and the DeKalb County Schools Living Legend Award.