Jody D. Peterman, LLC offers personal-injury representation and defense for serious felony charges in Georgia, serving clients statewide from its Valdosta office. Keep Trenton’s municipal Clerk/City Hall references separate from Dade County’s court-clerk office and its administrative-records process.
Prepare for a first conversation or local inquiry
- Describe whether the matter concerns a serious injury allegedly caused by another party’s negligence or a serious felony charge.
- Note the date and basic circumstances of the incident or charge, if known.
- Keep available documents and correspondence together for discussion.
- For a Superior Court record inquiry, identify the record as clearly as possible and distinguish civil from criminal docket information.
- Use the County Clerk’s published in-office viewing reference when organizing an inquiry about records in its Public Record section.
- For a request concerning County administrative records, follow the County Administrative Office’s signed-form instructions rather than treating that route as a court-record request.
- For a City Hall inquiry, keep the city’s general contact separate from the Municipal Court Clerk listing.
Personal injury: serious harm and negligence
The firm describes its personal-injury practice as representing people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence. Keep the papers about the incident and injury you want to discuss together with your questions.
The firm describes the first conversation as a way to understand the general nature of a matter and identify appropriate next steps. A short account of the event can accompany the documents you already have.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
Criminal defense: serious felony charges
The firm describes its criminal-defense practice as representing clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia. That service has a different purpose from injury representation: it concerns a person facing a serious felony charge, rather than seeking representation for an injury caused by alleged negligence.
Prepare by retaining the exact charge wording and the issuing office or agency printed on charge-related papers. Keep their dates, document titles and the questions you want to raise together.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
Trenton’s municipal Clerk and general City Hall reference
Trenton’s official staff profile identifies Kathleen Reed as Municipal Court Clerk. Keep that municipal role label with the staff-profile reference.
The same city page separately lists City Hall at 12882 N Main St., Trenton, GA 30752, with general telephone 706-657-4167 and customer-service email custserv@trentonga.gov. Retain general City Hall with those published contact details.
Official resources: Trenton Municipal Court Clerk listing
Dade County court-clerk and administrative records references
Dade County’s Clerk of Superior Court page lists its physical office at 255 West Crabtree Street, Suite 103, Trenton, GA 30752, mailing address P.O. Box 417, Trenton, GA 30752, and telephone 706-657-4778. Published duties include filing and maintaining civil and criminal dockets; its Public Record section gives an in-office viewing reference for records maintained there.
For County administrative records, the County’s separate instructions direct requesters to print and sign the linked form and send it to the Dade County Administrative Office at 71 Case Avenue, Suite 243, P.O. Box 370, Trenton, GA 30752. They also publish info@dadecounty-ga.gov as an email route. Keep the administrative-records label with this destination, separately from the court-clerk and city references.
Official resources: Dade County Superior Court Clerk; Dade County Superior Court Clerk duties; Dade County administrative records requests
Questions about Trenton
Where should I direct an inquiry about Dade County Superior Court docket records?
The County Clerk of Superior Court page lists its physical office at 255 West Crabtree Street, Suite 103, Trenton, GA 30752, and mailing address P.O. Box 417, Trenton, GA 30752. The office telephone listed is 706-657-4778. The Clerk’s published duties include filing and maintaining civil and criminal dockets, and its duties page gives an in-office viewing reference for records in its Public Record section.
How does Dade County describe requests for its administrative records?
The County’s administrative records instructions direct requesters to print and sign the linked form and send it to the Dade County Administrative Office, 71 Case Avenue, Suite 243, P.O. Box 370, Trenton, GA 30752. The instructions also publish info@dadecounty-ga.gov as an email route. This is the County’s administrative-records process, distinct from the Superior Court Clerk’s docket and Public Record references.
General information about legal services and local resources. A lawyer must review the facts and applicable law for your matter. Contacting the firm does not by itself create an attorney-client relationship.