WALTON COUNTY, GA (Sept. 8, 2026) – Gov. Brian Kemp last week announced the appointment of Amber Bennett Dally as District Attorney for the Alcovy Judicial Circuit, which covers both Walton and Newton counties. This fills the vacancy created by the appointment of the Honorable Randal M. McGinley to the Superior Court of the Alcovy Judicial Circuit.
Dally will replace W. Cliff Howard who was sworn in earlier in the month as Acting District Attorney in the interim.
According to a press release from Kemp’s office, “Dally currently serves as Chief Assistant District Attorney in Newton County. She has served in the Alcovy Judicial Circuit since 2014 when she began working as an Assistant District Attorney. Dally frequently prosecutes high-profile felonies, including murder cases and crimes against children, while also supervising and managing the Newton County Office. Dally is the prosecutor assigned to drug court within the circuit and is committed to accountability courts and their goal of rehabilitation. She also sits on the Advisory Board for the Newton County Adult Felony Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court programs.”
Dally graduated from the Honors Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2011, receiving a Bachelor of Science in International Affairs with a minor in law, science, and technology. She then received her Juris Doctor from Georgia State University in 2014.
Dally and her husband, Patrick, have two children and reside in Walton County.
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