The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has announced the selection of John H. Rains IV as a new magistrate judge in Rome, Georgia. This appointment follows the retirement of Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson. Mr. Rains will officially take on his new role on August 25, 2025.
Before this appointment, Mr. Rains was a partner at Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP and served as a law clerk to Judge Ed Carnes on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.