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Scott F. McAfee (born 1988 or 1989) is an American judge serving on the Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia since 2023. Judge McAfee was the Georgia inspector general from 2021 to 2023. Prior to his current appointment, Judge McAfee served as a senior assistant district attorney in Fulton County and an assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
In August 2023, McAfee garnered national attention when he was assigned to preside over the Fulton County district attorney's criminal racketeering case against Donald Trump.
Early life and education
McAfee was born in 1988 or 1989. He was raised in Kennesaw, Georgia. He is an Eagle Scout and graduate of North Cobb High School. McAfee received a cello scholarship to play in the Emory University symphony orchestra. In 2010, he completed a bachelor's degree in political science and music.
In 2012, McAfee was a judicial intern for Georgia Supreme Court justice Keith R. Blackwell. He also interned for justice David Nahmias. In 2013, he graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude. While in law school, he was the vice president of the school's Federalist Society chapter, treasurer of Law Republicans and inducted into The Order of Barristers.
Career
McAfee was an assistant district attorney in the Barrow County, Piedmont Judicial Circuit. He joined the office of the district attorney in Fulton County in April 2015, initially working on the early stages of criminal cases. He later was promoted to working as a prosecutor in the complex trial division, which was then headed by prosecutor Fani Willis, who was later elected as Fulton County district attorney. McAfee was eventually promoted to senior assistant district attorney in the major case division, where he prosecuted felony cases including armed robbery and murder.
In 2019, McAfee was appointed as an assistant United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He worked in the criminal division where he investigated and prosecuted drug trafficking organizations, fraud, and illegal firearms possession. On April 1, 2021, Georgia governor Brian Kemp appointed McAfee as the state inspector general.
= State judge in Fulton County
=In December 2022, Kemp appointed McAfee to the Fulton County Superior Court following Christopher S. Brasher's retirement. He was sworn in on February 1, 2023.
In August 2023, he was assigned to preside over the racketeering case, State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump, et al, in which former president Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants are accused of conspiring to overturn the Georgia presidential election results. Fani Willis is overseeing the prosecution of that case.
McAfee is running for election to a full four-year term as a state judge in May 2024.
Personal life
As of 2021, McAfee is a volunteer scuba diver at the Georgia Aquarium and captains an Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association tennis team. He is married and has two children.
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