BIOGRAPHY

Judge Rachel Krause was appointed to the Superior Court of Fulton County, Atlanta Judicial Circuit by Governor Nathan Deal in December 2018 and sworn in on January 7, 2019. She currently serves on the Court’s Business Court Committee. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Krause was a civil litigation partner in Atlanta, with the law firm of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, where she handled various litigation matters involving employment, injuries, ERISA, entertainment, and fiduciary obligations.

Judge Krause is a previous president of the Atlanta Chapter of the Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM), an alumni member of the Georgia YLD Leadership Academy (Class of 2009), and a former vice-chair of the Georgia State Bar Law-related Education Committee. Judge Krause is also admitted to the State Bar of Florida, where she served on the Courthouse Accessibility Team for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit.

Judge Krause received her undergraduate degree in political science from Georgia Southern University and her law degree from Mercer University Law School, in Macon, Georgia, where she was born and raised. Judge Krause is married to Tom Krause. Together, they have three daughters, Alden, Madelyn, and Peyton, and a rescue dog named Cooper.