Bobby Christine

Bobby Lee Christine (born September 17, 1969) is an American attorney, military officer, and former judge. Since July 2025, he has served as the 43rd judge advocate general of the Army, the senior uniformed lawyer in the United States Army. Simultaneously the district attorney of the Columbia County Judicial Circuit since July 2021, Christine was previously the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia from 2017 to 2021. He briefly also served as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 2021. Christine was previously an Assistant District Attorney in Augusta, Georgia. He is a former magistrate judge in Columbia County, Georgia, and partner at the law firm of Christine and Evans LLC.

Education Christine earned undergraduate degrees from Georgia Military College and the University of Georgia, and his Juris Doctor from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham. He has a master's degree from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia On September 11, 2017, Christine was nominated to be the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia by President Donald Trump. He was confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote on November 15, 2017, and sworn into office on November 22, 2017.

Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia On January 5, 2021, Trump named Christine the Acting United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia after B. J. Pak abruptly resigned from the post the prior day. Reportedly, Trump expected Christine to support his claims of election fraud in Georgia, which Pak had refused to do. However, a few days after taking office, Christine privately informed his staff that "there's just nothing to" those allegations, and he never said anything publicly on the subject.

The U.S. Attorney's office announced Christine's resignation on February 1, 2021. His resignation was effective February 9.

District attorney for Columbia County In April 2021 he was appointed the first district attorney for Columbia County, Georgia, whose judicial circuit was split from that of Richmond County in March.

Major general and Judge Advocate General Christine was promoted to the two-star rank of major general on February 1, 2024, making him the first reserve component officer in the Army's Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps to achieve this rank since the Corps' inception in 1775. As a major general, Christine served as acting general counsel of the National Guard Bureau, while concurrently exercising duties as Columbia County district attorney.

In June 2025, Christine was nominated for appointment as the judge advocate general of the Army; upon confirmation by the Senate, he assumed the office on July 1, 2025. Christine is also the brother of U.S. Public Health Service Admiral Brian Christine, the 18th assistant secretary for health.