Hon. Jason Jonathan Deal

Northeastern Circuit Superior Court

Jason J. Deal was appointed Judge of the Superior Court of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia by Governor Sonny Perdue effective June 22, 2005 and ran unopposed for re-election to the post in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022.  Deal became the presiding Judge of the Hall County Drug Court in January, 2006 and started the Dawson County Treatment Court (Drug/DUI) in July of 2006.  The Dawson County Treatment Court now includes DUI, Drug and Mental Health tracks.  In 2013 Deal started the Hall County Probation Drug Court.  Today Deal shares duties with Judge Clint Bearden in the Hall County Drug Court.  Deal presides over Alpha Track and Bearden presides over Bravo, and Charlie Tracks.  Deal also served as the first chairman of the Georgia Council of Accountability Court Judges from 2015 to 2017.  He was a member of the Governor’s Criminal Justice Reform Council from 2012 to 2018 and the Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council from 2015 to 2017.  In 2017 Deal received the Emory Findley Award from the Georgia Council of Superior Court Judges.  He formerly served as Chair of the Accountability Courts Committee of the Council of Superior Court Judges and on the Supreme Court’s Justice for Children and Families Committee.

Prior to becoming a Superior Court Judge, Deal served as District Attorney of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit from May 1, 2002, until June of 2005.  While serving as District Attorney he was involved in the planning and implementation of the Hall County H.E.L.P. court and served on the Georgia Crime Information Center Advisory Council.  He also previously served as a Magistrate Judge in Hall County, and as an Assistant District Attorney for Hall and Dawson Counties.  As an ADA, Deal received the 1999 Work Horse of the Year award.  Deal also worked as an associate in the Dawsonville branch office of the firm Fox, Chandler, Homans, Hicks & McKinnon and served as County Attorney for Dawson County.

Deal is a long time resident of Hall County, having graduated from North Hall High School.  Deal obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Furman University and his law degree from the University of Georgia.  Deal also served honorably as an active duty infantry officer in the United States Army.

Deal is the son of former Governor Nathan and Sandra Deal.  He is married and has three children.  He is a member and past deacon of the First Baptist Church of Gainesville, Georgia.