Judge Brian K. Ross was appointed to serve as a judge for the State Court of DeKalb County by Governor Nathan Deal in July of 2015. Shortly thereafter, he was selected to serve as Division B’s first Presiding Judge.
Judge Ross was raised in Columbus, Georgia and he went on to receive his bachelor’s degree from Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida in 1993. Upon graduation, Judge Ross served as a Field Artillery officer in the United States Army, where he successfully completed Army Airborne School and was deployed to Southwest Asia during Operation Vigilant Warrior. In 1996, Judge Ross left the Army to attend the University of Georgia School of Law, where he competed as a member of the school’s American Bar Association Moot Court team, and was inducted into The Order of Barristers.

Early in his legal career, Judge Ross served as a prosecuting attorney in the Newton County District Attorney’s Office. Shortly thereafter, he entered the private practice of law. From June 2003 until June 2013, he practiced in the areas of criminal defense and domestic relations and handled matters in every class of court in Georgia.

In June 2013, Judge Ross returned to prosecution as the head of the Crimes Against Women section of the Clayton County District Attorney’s Office. In that position, he was responsible for reviewing and prosecuting cases involving felony crimes against female victims ages 13 and older in multiple divisions of the Clayton Judicial Circuit.