Exclusive: Eleanor Ross Is US Judge Reprimanded for Sex in Chambers (1)

Exclusive
Eleanor Ross Is US Judge Reprimanded for Sex in Chambers (1)

May 28, 2026, 11:36 AM EDT; Updated: May 28, 2026, 2:02 PM EDT

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Judge Eleanor Ross of the Northern District of Georgia was subject to a private reprimand for having sex in the workplace.
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Eleanor Ross is the federal district court judge who was subject to a private reprimand for having sex with a police officer in chambers in earshot of law clerks, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Ross, of the Atlanta-based US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2014. She previously served as a state court judge, a federal prosecutor in the district, and a prosecutor in the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.

Ross and other court representatives didn’t return requests for comment sent Thursday through phone calls to chambers and via email.

A special judicial conduct committee of the Eleventh Circuit found a judge, who wasn’t named in the report, engaged in sexual intercourse in “chambers and during business hours” over the course of a two-year relationship, according to the panel’s recently released report. This relationship “demonstrated a gross lack of judgment” and resulted in a “chambers workplace that was extremely uncomfortable and troubling for clerks,” the report said.

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