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Tricia received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs and a law degree from the Southwestern School of Law. She is married with a son and she and her family attend First Baptist Church of Cornelia.

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Tricia is a trial attorney and partner/owner at Hotard & Hise, LLC. She served as an assistant district attorney with the Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office from 2005 to 2007.

Tricia L. Hise is a Chief Magistrate Judge in Habersham County. She was appointed in 2022. She ran to represent District 50 in the Georgia Senate in 2020 but lost.

As Chief Magistrate, she handles search warrants, county ordinance violations, garnishments, eviction cases, civil claims for damages where the amount claimed does not exceed $15,000, criminal offenses, bad check cases, and foreclosures on certain liens.

As an attorney at law, she handles personal injury, serious auto and trucking accidents, divorce, child custody, grandparent rights, family law, real estate transactions, social security, criminal defense, traffic citations, DUI defense, business, and general litigation.

Admitted to the State Bar in 2005 and is admitted to practice law in the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court, and the United States District Court for the Northern Division of Georgia.

- As Chief Magistrate, she handles search warrants, county ordinance violations, garnishments, eviction cases, civil claims for damages where the amount claimed does not exceed $15,000, criminal offenses, bad check cases, and foreclosures on certain liens.
- As an attorney at law, she handles personal injury, serious auto and trucking accidents, divorce, child custody, grandparent rights, family law, real estate transactions, social security, criminal defense, traffic citations, DUI defense, business, and general litigation.
- Admitted to the State Bar in 2005 and is admitted to practice law in the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court, and the United States District Court for the Northern Division of Georgia.

Legal Experience

As of June 10, 2025, Tricia L. Hise did not have a website or any information online.

Ethics & Conduct

Now Habersham

Said, "I appreciate and understand the Constitutionality of what goes into working a case beginning to end from a prosecution and defense perspective."

- Said, "I appreciate and understand the Constitutionality of what goes into working a case beginning to end from a prosecution and defense perspective."

Judicial Administration

Attorney for Circle of Hope, Inc. and F.A.I.T.H. (Fight Abuse in the Home). She volunteers as a pro bono advocate for children and adults who are victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

Member of the Mountain Circuit Bar Association, the steering committee and board of directors on the Habersham Chamber of Commerce, the Habersham Rotary Club, the University of Georgia Alumni Association, and the  Leadership Habersham Class of 2018.

Volunteers as an attorney coach for the Habersham Central Mock Trial Team.

- Attorney for Circle of Hope, Inc. and F.A.I.T.H. (Fight Abuse in the Home). She volunteers as a pro bono advocate for children and adults who are victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
- Member of the Mountain Circuit Bar Association, the steering committee and board of directors on the Habersham Chamber of Commerce, the Habersham Rotary Club, the University of Georgia Alumni Association, and the  Leadership Habersham Class of 2018.
- Volunteers as an attorney coach for the Habersham Central Mock Trial Team.

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Tricia L. Hise

- Magistrate Courts hear civil cases only in amounts less than $15,000. There are no jury trials in Magistrate Court. 
- Magistrate Courts hear landlord tenant dispossessory cases (i.e. a case where a landlord is seeking an eviction of their tenant) and can order evictions. 
- The Chief Magistrate can determine procedures for managing the cases in front of the Magistrate. For example, in Fulton County the Chief Magistrate informs parties in landlord tenant dispossessory cases on the benefits of mediation and provides on-site mediators to resolve landlord tenant disputes before the parties appear in front of the judge. 
- Magistrate Courts only have jurisdiction over their respective counties. Each county has its own magistrate court. Magistrate Court Judge term lengths vary per county, however most serve four year terms. Local Superior Court Judges set parameters for Magistrate Courts. 