JUDGE WARNER KENNON, born in Emory University, Georgia, September 18, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Georgia; 1980, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia.
Law Clerk, Honorable Floyd E. Propst, Judge, Fulton County, Georgia, 1979-1980; Warner L. Kennon, P.C., Attorney at Law, 1981-2011; County Guardian and County Administrator, Muscogee County, 1989-2011; Child Advocate Attorney, Juvenile Court of Columbus, Muscogee County 1989-1994; Judge, Juvenile Court of Columbus, Muscogee County, 1994-2002; Founding Judge, Juvenile Drug Court of Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, 2000-Present; Judge, Juvenile Courts of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit, 2002-2011; Presiding Judge, Juvenile Courts of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit, 2011-Present; Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 1987-2011; Past Arbitrator, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia; President, Mental Health Association of Columbus, Georgia, 1990-1992; President, Chattahoochee Bar Association, 1994-1995; Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Columbus Alumni, 1995-Present; Board of Directors, Boys and Girls Club of Columbus, 1996-2001; Chair, Education and Certification Committee and Georgia State Liaison to the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges, 1998-2003; Board Member, Executive Committee, Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges, 2003-2009; Chair, Educational and Certification Committee, Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges, 2017- President; President, Columbus Bar Association, Inc., 2004-2005; Board Member, Executive Committee, Columbus Bar Association, Inc., 2004-2009; Board Member, Judicial Council of Georgia Standing Committee on Accountability Courts, 2009-2015; Served on various committees including Membership/Resource Development Committee, Alcohol and Other Drugs Committee, and Accountability Courts Committee, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; Advisory Board Member, Teen Challenge, 2010-2018; Currently serving as Member of Resource Development Committee, Legislative Committee, Founding Chair and currently serving as Chair of Military Committee, Member of the Board of Directors and former Member of Executive Committee, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges 2013- Present; Member, Board of Directors of the Historic Linwood Foundation; Presiding Judge, Superior Courts of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit, 2017- Present.
Member: Columbus and Chattahoochee Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges; National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; Columbus Chamber of Commerce.