Margaret Spencer, now senior assistant solicitor general, will become a judge on the Clayton County State Court, Gov. Nathan Deal announced Friday.

Spencer will succeed Judge John Carbo III, who has retired. She will take the office upon being sworn in, the governor's press office said.

A graduate of Kennesaw State University and John Marshall Law School, Spencer first worked as a prosecutor in Henry County, then moved to Clayton County in 2009 after the election of Solicitor General Tasha Mosley. The two had been trial partners in Henry County, Spencer said Friday.