Judge Mike Jacobs has served as a judge on the State Court of DeKalb County since June 2015. He is one of only two openly bisexual or pansexual judges (state or federal, trial or appellate) in the United States. Prior to his judicial service, Judge Jacobs served ten and a half years in the Georgia House of Representatives. He was chairman of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Oversight Committee (MARTOC), the joint House and Senate committee that oversees the management, budget, and fiscal affairs of Metro Atlanta’s transit system. Judge Jacobs also served as chairman of one of the two subcommittees of the House Judiciary Committee. In 2010, he received the Allen Thornell Political Advancement Award from Georgia Equality for passing a stronger anti-bullying law for public schools. Judge Jacobs received his law degree in 2003, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was the executive articles editor of the Georgia Law Review. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1997 from Georgetown University. Judge Jacobs serves on the boards of directors of the International Association of LGBTQ+ Judges, Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia, Atlanta Bar Association Judicial Section, and Leadership DeKalb. He also serves as the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia’s representative on the Judicial Council of Georgia’s Committee on Access to Justice. In 2019, Judge Jacobs was recognized by the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia at its annual awards gala with the award for Outstanding Service to the Stonewall Community. Judge Jacobs and his wife Evan are the proud parents of three children, Jonah, Eli, and Samantha.