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 20 years, Jonathan’s trial experience include a broad range of major felonies throughout the state.

Jonathan retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Georgia Army National Guard. His 28-year career started when he enlisted in the military in 1992. He deployed multiple times throughout the world to numerous locations to include Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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 President of the Kiwanis of Forsyth-Monroe County and a Paul Harris Fellow with the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

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

Butts County

  • James L. Moss
    Deputy Chief Assistant DA
  • Chris E. Miranda
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Michael Parrish
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Rita B. Lewis
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Cayce Ingalls
    Chief Investigator
  • Bonita Lynn
    Victim Advocate
  • Diane Miner
    Legal Assistant
  • Michelle Duffey
    Legal Assistant

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
  • Leslie A. Tilson
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Carolee R. Jordan
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Jessica B. Haygood
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Brandi M. Holland
    Assistant District Attorney
  • Jerry Meadows
    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