District Attorney

Scott Ballard : Biography

Married 21 years to Joy
3 children: David, 21, a student at the University of Georgia and a 2003 graduate of Starr’s Mill High School; Melanie, 17, a rising senior at Starr’s Mill High School; and Paul, 10, a student at Braelinn Elementary School
Son of Charles and Jeanette Ballard of Fayetteville
Siblings are Brian Ballard, a law enforcement officer; Wendy Butler, an elementary school teacher at Sara Harp Minter Elementary School; and Kevin Ballard, a teacher at Flat Rock Middle School
Grandson of William Ballard, a former sheriff of Fayette County
Cousin of W.A. “Bud” Ballard, former long-time Clerk of Superior Court of Fayette County

Licensed to practice law in Georgia since 1984
Nineteen years of private practice in the Griffin Judicial Circuit
District Attorney for the Griffin Judicial Circuit
Experience as a staff member of the Criminal Justice Committee of the Florida House of Representatives
Former President of the Fayette County Bar Association
Former President of the Griffin Circuit Bar Association
Author of the book Georgia Appellate Standards of Review

Active member of Inman United Methodist Church (Lay Leader, Sunday School teacher, prayer group leader, co-founder of aspecial needs Sunday School class)
Former member of Fayette Presbyterian Church (Youth leader and Sunday School teacher, prayer group leader, Chairman of the Diaconate)
Former member of Fayetteville First Baptist Church (Sunday School teacher, deacon)
Former President of the Fayette County Civitan Club
Former member of the Board of Directors of The Early Years School, now known as the Joseph Sams School (a school for special needs children)
Former member of the Board of Directors of Matthew 28, Inc. (a non-profit organization that created and maintained an orphanage in Haiti)