Hon. Stacey K. Hydrick

DeKalb County Superior Court

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On June 14, 2019, Judge Stacey Hydrick was appointed to the DeKalb County Superior Court by Governor Brian Kemp.  As a Superior Court Judge, she presides over felony criminal cases, domestic cases and various civil cases.  Prior to this appointment, Judge Hydrick served as State Court Judge in DeKalb County for more than eight years where she presided over misdemeanor criminal cases (both jury and non-jury) and a wide variety of civil cases.

Judge Hydrick's service in the law began as an Assistant District Attorney in 1992 with the Augusta Judicial Circuit where she worked as an Assistant DA.  In December 1995, she went to work as an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Georgia Attorney General's Special Prosecution Division, where she focused on combating public corruption cases. After almost ten years as a prosecutor, Judge Hydrick left criminal law to become a civil litigator with the firm of Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield. She worked there until she was appointed to the State Court bench in April 2011 by then Governor Deal.

While serving as a Judge, Judge Hydrick remains active in numerous bar-related and community organizations.  She is a graduate of the Leadership DeKalb Class of 2012 and served as the Secretary of the DeKalb Bar Association for many years. She is also a member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia, representing the DeKalb Judicial Circuit. In 2017, Judge Hydrick was appointed by the Georgia Supreme Court to serve on the Investigative Panel of the Judicial Qualifications Commission which she did for almost eight years.   

Judge Hydrick received her bachelor’s degree in English from Emory University in 1989 and earned her law degree from Georgia State University in 1992. She has been married to her husband, Karl Hydrick, for thirty years and they have lived in Dunwoody since 2001. The Hydricks are active members of the Marcus Jewish Community Center in Dunwoody.  They are the proud parents of two sons, Danny (28), an Assistant Public Defender in DeKalb County, and Adam (25), who recently started his own Gunsmith business, Redefined Arms.  In her spare time, Judge Hydrick is an avid Peloton bike rider and plays ALTA tennis.  She and her husband are also parents to their two rescue beagles, Riley and Molly.