Judge Fatima A. El-Amin is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and she attended W. D. Mohammed High School in DeKalb County.  Judge El-Amin completed her collegiate studies at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated cum laude with a dual B.A. degree in Psychology and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Judge El-Amin returned to Atlanta, Georgia, and received her J.D. degree from Emory University School of Law in 2000. She was the recipient of the Emory Law School Dean’s Public Service Award.

Judge El-Amin has served as a full Juvenile Court Judge since 2014. She presides over the Court’s dependency, delinquent, and traffic cases. She also presides over the DeKalb County Juvenile Drug Treatment Court, Rebound. Judge El-Amin sits by designation in the DeKalb County Superior Court. She served as Chief Judge of the DeKalb County Juvenile Court in 2023 and 2024.

A former Supervising Child Advocate Attorney, Judge El-Amin started her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in DeKalb County working in the trial and white-collar crime divisions. As an appellate attorney in the D.A.’s office, Judge El-Amin tendered briefs and oral arguments before the Georgia Supreme Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals.

Judge El-Amin is active in multiple civic and philanthropic causes. She is the founder and program coordinator of Crowned, an intensive seminar for girls and women, dedicated to affirming and creating positive self-images. Judge El-Amin is the recipient of the NAACP DeKalb Thurgood Marshall Award, the DeKalb County Schools Living Legend Award, and the Islamic Speakers Bureau 100 Influential Georgia Muslims Award. She is the former Associate Legal Producer of a nationally syndicated court television program, and a former co-host of a local cable television talk show. Judge El-Amin is a graduate of Leadership Georgia and Leadership DeKalb. She is a member of the International Women’s Forum, Leadership Atlanta, the Gate City Bar Association, the DeKalb Bar Association, the Council for Juvenile Court Judges, the DeKalb Lawyers Association, and the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys.

Judge El-Amin is the proud mother of one son.