BRUNSWICK, GA — UPDATE: The DUI charges against Former Superior Court Judge Robert Guy, Jr. were reduced to misdemeanor reckless driving charges in January of 2026. According to court records, Guy also pleaded no contest to a charge of criminal refusal to submit to a breath, urine or blood test during a DUI arrest. The damage to property charge was also dropped.

A South Georgia superior court judge has resigned after being arrested for driving under the influence in Florida.

Former Superior Court Judge Robert “Bert” Guy Jr. submitted his resignation in a letter to Governor Brian Kemp following his arrest last week outside a gentlemen’s club in Jacksonville.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Guy is accused of hitting another vehicle in the club’s parking lot, offering the driver $500 to settle the damages, and then attempting to drive away.

Guy, who served in the five-county Brunswick Judicial Circuit, was elected to the bench in 2016 and also served as president of the state’s Council of Superior Court Judges.

The 48-year-old attorney has indicated plans to return to private practice.