Hon. Robert Charles McBurney

Fulton County Superior Court

Judge McBurney has served on the Superior Court of Fulton County since April 2012.  He handles a split docket of civil and criminal cases.  He is also one of Fulton County’s Accountability Court judges, which means he has the opportunity to work with individuals who are serious about achieving a sustainable recovery from addiction.

Judge McBurney chairs the Mental Health Task Force, a joint city-county collaboration of criminal justice and public service agencies from Atlanta and greater Fulton County.

Before joining the bench, Judge McBurney worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in Atlanta.  As a federal prosecutor, he focused on cases involving public corruption, international terrorism, and child exploitation.

Judge McBurney received his B.A. from Harvard College and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.  Prior to his years of public service, he worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.  Judge McBurney lives in Atlanta with his wife Courtney, an executive training officer at McDonald’s (yes, the burger place), two wonderful (and exhausting) boys, and two fuzzy dogs.