Chief Judge Alvin Wong was elected to his seventh term on the DeKalb County State Court in 2022 and stepped into his new role as chief judge this January. In 1998, Wong was the first Asian Pacific American to run for office in metro Atlanta and be elected judge in the Southeast. Prior to joining the bench, he practiced as an Atlanta corporate and trial attorney for 22 years.

In light of his recent promotion to chief judge, Wong sat down with the Daily Report to give lawyers a rundown on what they should know when coming to his court, how the pandemic has helped modernize the judicial system and an inside look at the workload of a chief judge.