Personal Life

Jeff and his wife Angela married in 1989, have raised two children together, and now have three beautiful grandchildren. Angela is a graduate of the UNG Dahlonega and served as a faithful Georgia educator for 19 years. Both their children are graduates of Truett-McConnell University and have gone on to serve their community in various roles. Their oldest Son Brandon Langley is married to his wife Annemarie of Blue Ridge. The two now live in Louisianna as Brandon serves as the pastor at St. Rose Community Church. Their daughter Kristie Langley Matthews and her husband Parker recently moved from Cleveland, GA to Ellijay, GA where Parker now serves as the Youth Pastor at First Baptist Church of Ellijay and Kristie is following in her father's footsteps and working within the criminal justice system.

Jeff's father was raised on the family farm, fought in the Pacific in WW2 and became a railroad worker. Jeff was the youngest of four children, played youth baseball, basketball, football and high school soccer and was the first person in his family to graduate college and then went on to graduate law school. He worked various jobs to pay his own way through college and then received an academic scholarship to law school. He served for almost three months as a short-term missionary on the edge of the Amazon basin in Peru. He served an internship for conservative Senator Sam Nunn on Capitol Hill and went on to study the connection between theology and international Human rights at the University of Strasbourg, France. He is a proud Georgia Bulldog receiving both his undergraduate and his law degree from UGA. He runs/jogs regularly, hikes, kayaks and plays tennis occasionally, and enjoys reading and teaching apologetics, and loves Georgia football, Braves Baseball and the North Georgia Mountains. His foremost commitment is as an imperfect follower of Jesus Christ and then as a husband, father, and citizen.

Community Service

Jeff has been actively involved in community education, youth activities and Christian ministries throughout his life.

Has served for 30+ years in local church ministry, serving as Sunday School teacher, adult Bible teacher, Deacon, VBS teacher, mission team leader, Bible Reading Project Leader, guest preaching and Youth Ministry Leader.

Has coached youth baseball and soccer and served a soccer referee. He has also briefly reviewed techniques with the high school mock trial teams and been a regular judge at the student speech contests in Towns and Union counties.

Served as short term missionary with South America Mission in Peru in South America.

Member of Reasons To Believe, apologetics ministry.

Have played a role in the founding of four mission churches.

Previously served on the Board of Visitors for Truett-McConnell University and has taught there as an adjunct professor.

Is certified by the Georgia State Bar as a mentor for new attorneys and has served as the designated mentor for 9 young attorneys.

Through the DA’s Office, sponsored dozens of college student internships for local students.

Has taught dozens of classes for local law enforcement, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and the State Arson Investigator’s Association and been a regular speaker in local schools and taught a continuing education class for the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia.

Has regularly sponsored and personally taught public education courses concerning Child Sexual Abuse Prevention.

Most Recently Jeff went before the local board of education to advocate for the start of a Towns County Christian Learning Center. Jeff now serves as an active board member and is working to create a similar program to serve the youth of Union County.