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District Attorney Billy Joe Nelson, Jr. is a native of McIntosh County and the Atlantic Judicial Circuit. Mr. Nelson is a 2002 graduate of Glynn Academy in Brunswick, Georgia. Following high school, Mr. Nelson attended the University of Georgia and graduated Cum Laude, With Honors, in 2006 from UGA’s Terry College of Business (B.B.A. – Real Estate). Following his undergraduate studies, he attended the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University and attained his Juris Doctor degree in 2009.

He currently serves as the District Attorney for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit (Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh and Tattnall Counties) (elected November 2022 and took office January 1, 2023). Prior to being elected as District Attorney, Mr. Nelson served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit from 2011 to 2023. He was also appointed by Governor Nathan Deal in 2017 to serve as Solicitor General of Long County and served in that capacity from 2017 to 2022.