Our Team

District Attorney

Jonathan L. Adams

Jonathan Adams is the District Attorney for the Towaliga Judicial Circuit, which includes Butts, Lamar and Monroe counties. A career prosecutor for over 20 years, Jonathan’s trial experience include a broad range of major felonies throughout the state.

Jonathan retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army. He ended his 28-year career in the Georgia Army National Guard after spending six years as an enlisted Soldier and twenty two years commissioned as a Military Police Officer. He deployed multiple times throughout the world to numerous locations to include Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Iraq. His military awards include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, and the Joint Serve Commendation Medal among others.

Jonathan serves as a council member for the Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia, President of the District Attorney's Association of Georgia, Member of the Board of Governors for the State Bar of Georgia, and Treasurer of the Board of Directors for The Crisis Line and Safe House of Central Georgia. His is also Past-President of the Kiwanis of Forsyth-Monroe County, a Paul Harris Fellow with the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, and a Colonel in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.

Jonathan is married to the former Meredith Porcelli. They currently reside in Forsyth, Georgia with their three daughters, Katelyn, Emily and Madison.

Butts County

  • Leslie A. Tilson
    Deputy Chief Assistant DA
  • James L. Moss
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Mark S. Daniel
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Bonita Lynn
    Victim Advocate
  • Diane Miner
    Legal Assistant
  • Michelle Duffey
    Legal Assistant
  • Bradford Jones
    Investigator

Lamar County

  • E. Wayne Jernigan, Jr.
    Deputy Chief Assistant DA
  • J. Maxwell Smith
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Allison Howard
    Victim Advocate
  • Caroline Storey
    Legal Assistant

Monroe County

  • Dorothy V. Hull
    Chief Assistant District Attorney
  • Carolee R. Jordan
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Jessica B. Haygood
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Christina E. Ling
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Jerry Meadows
    Chief Investigator
  • Lorraine Bunn
    Director, Victim-Witness Assistance
  • Morgan Andrews
    Victim Advocate
  • Fran Norris
    Office Manager
  • Ginny Sapp
    Legal Assistant
  • Janet Pierson
    Legal Assistant
  • Savario L. Spencer
    IT and Court Specialist