Ken Hodges | |
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| Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | John J. Ellington |
| District Attorney Dougherty County, Georgia | |
| In office January 7, 1996 – October 1, 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kenneth Bryant Hodges, III[1] September 22, 1965 Albany, Georgia |
| Spouse | Melissa Hodges |
| Alma mater | Emory University (B.A.) University of Georgia (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Website | Ken Hodges for Georgia Court of Appeals |
Kenneth (Ken) B. Hodges III (born September 22, 1965) is a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals. He also served as Dougherty County District Attorney and later ran as the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Georgia in 2010. In 2015, Hodges started his own law firm, Ken Hodges Law, based out of Atlanta and Albany. In 2018, he won an open seat in a contested race on the Georgia Court of Appeals, earning nearly 70% of the statewide vote.
Hodges was born and raised in Albany, Georgia and went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science and sociology from Emory University in 1988 and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1991. His wife, Melissa, grew up in Gwinnett County, graduated from The Marist School in Atlanta, and earned her bachelor's degree from Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana. A former television journalist, she is now a media consultant. The couple was married in 2004 and currently live in Albany, Georgia, with their daughter and son.