STATE COURT

Judge Larry B. Mims is a native of Tifton, Georgia. He attended the public schools of Tift County, graduating from Tift County High School in 1972. He continued his education at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he graduated in 1976 with a B.A. in Government. After working in state government for a year, Mims enrolled in the University Of Georgia School of Law in 1977. He received his law degree in 1980 and passed the Georgia Bar exam in June of that same year.

 Judge Mims returned to Tifton to practice law in June 1980. He was engaged in the private practice of law until July 2005.  In 1989, he was appointed State Court Solicitor by Governor Joe Frank Harris. He was re-elected to that position in 1990, 1994 and 1998. He served a total of eleven years as State Court Solicitor before being appointed State Court Judge by Governor Roy Barnes in August 2000. He was re-elected to that position in 2002 and currently serves as Judge of the State Court of Tift County on a full-time basis.

 Judge Mims has served on the Board of Directors of the Tift County Commission on Children and Youth, PLIGHT, Inc., the Children and Youth Coordinating Council, the United Way and Mims Kids, Inc. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the Council of State Court Judges.

 Judge Mims is married to Joyce L .Mims. They are the proud parents of San 23, and MJay , 19.