M. Qader A. Baig

Bar Admissions

• Georgia
• Illinois
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of Georgia

Education

• Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
  • J.D. – May, 1993
  • Honors: National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA), May 1992
• University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • B.A. – June, 1988
  • Honors: General and Departmental Honors
  • Honors: T.L. Neff Award for Excellence in French Language & Literature, 1988
  • Honors: Chicago-Paris Study Program, 1986-1987
  • Major: Romance Languages and Literature, June 1988

Representative Cases

• Jones v. State, 276 Ga. 171 (2003)
• Brent v. State, 270 Ga. 160 (1998)
• Workman v. State, 235 Ga. App. 800 (1998)
• Pitts v. State, 231 Ga. App. 9 (1998)

Classes/Seminars

• Instructor, Georgia Piedmont Technical College
• Instructor, Georgia Police Academy
• Instructor, Northeast Georgia Police Academy
• Instructor, DeKalb County Police Academy
• Instructor, Georgia State Patrol
• Instructor, Georgia Traffic Enforcement Network
• Instructor, Prosecuting Attorney’s Counsel of Georgia
• Instructor, Solicitor-General’s Association of Georgia

Honors and Awards

• Board of Directors, Georgia Piedmont Technical College, LEA
• Honorary Georgia State Patrol Trooper
• MADD Outstanding Service Award, 2004
• National College of District Attorney’s Executive Program Graduate
• Special Prosecutor, City of Covington, City of Porterdale
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Citizen’s Academy Graduate
• Certificate of Appreciation, Georgia State Patrol
• Certificate of Appreciation, DeKalb County Police Department
• Certificate of Appreciation, Rockdale County Board of Commissioners
• Certificate of Appreciation, Juvenile Court of Rockdale County

Past Employment Positions

• Municipal Court, Covington, Georgia, Chief Judge, Covington, January 2019 – present
• Municipal Court, Covington, Georgia, Solicitor, Covington, July 2007 – December 2018
• Municipal Court, Covington, Georgia, Solicitor, Oxford, August 2008 – December 2018
• Solicitor General’s Office of DeKalb County, Decatur, Georgia, Solicitor General, Pro Tempore, 2004
• Solicitor General’s Office of DeKalb County, Decatur, Georgia, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, 2000 – 2004
• District Attorney’s Office of Rockdale County, Conyers, Georgia, Assistant District Attorney, 1995 – 2000
• First Atlantic Title Company, Lawrenceville, Georgia, Title Abstractor, 1993 – 1995
• District Attorney’s Office of Cobb County, Marietta, Georgia, Assistant District Attorney Intern, 1992 – 1993
• Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, School of Law, Research Assistant, 1990 – 1991
• Glavin & Associes, Services de Marketing, Montreal, Quebec, Account Executive, 1988 – 1989