Personal
Native of Northeast Georgia
Graduate of North Georgia College 1981
Graduate of Woodrow Wilson College of Law 1985
Resident of Blairsville since 1991
Son of the late Judge Jack N. Gunter & Josephine Gunter
Married 24 years to Rita Gunter
Two sons, Chase, age 20, attending college and Trey, age 18, attending college in the
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Qualifications
Served as your District Attorney for the Enotah Judicial Circuit since 1999.
1991-1998 Private practice handling criminal cases, domestic relations and real estate.
1992-1994 County Attorney for Union County
1987-1991 Legal Counsel to Governor Joe Frank Harris.
Admitted to the practice of law in 1986.
Leadership
Prosecuting Attorneys' Council - 2004- Current. I am one of six District
Attorneys in the State of Georgia currently serving on this council. This council is the governing body for prosecution
in Georgia responsible for providing training to prosecuting attorneys, personnel services to District Attorney's offices,
and assistance to District Attorneys in specialized cases.
District Attorneys' Association - Served the following offices:
2003-2004 - President
2002-2003 - Vice President
2001-2002 - Treasurer
Leadership Georgia - Chosen in 2003 as one of fifty people in Georgia
to participate. Remain an alumni.
Community Service
Member of First Baptist Church of Blairsville, Deacon, Usher, Finance Committee
Member of Rotary
Union County Quarterback Club
Vice-President of Mountain United Soccer Association
1994 & 1995 President, Blairsville/Union County Chamber of Commerce
1994 President, Blairsville Rotary Club
Past Board Member to American Heart Association & Young Harris College Associates
