Fulton County Courthouse (Stock photo)JNC Sets Interviews for 17 Fulton County Superior Court Candidates
Vincent Russo, one of the JNC co-chairs, said 66 people were nominated, with 32 ultimately filling out applications.
May 01, 2019 at 12:45 PM
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Six members of the Fulton County Magistrate Court are among the 17 candidates selected by Gov. Brian Kemp's Judicial Nominating Commission for interviews to fill an opening on the Fulton County Superior Court.
Vincent Russo, one of the JNC co-chairs, said 66 people were nominated, with 32 ultimately filling out applications. The 25-member JNC will complete interviews next week and then send a short list to Kemp.
The candidates selected for interviews are:
- Kevin Abernethy, a former litigator now with energy equipment seller ABCO Inc.;
- Judge JaDawnya Baker, Atlanta Municipal Court;
- Alice Benton, family law firm Benton Law;
- Sam Brannen Jr., litigator and mediator;
- Rachelle Carnesale, Cherokee County District Attorney's Office;
- Judge Lillian Nash Caudle, Fulton County Magistrate Court;
- Jacob Daly, Freeman, Mathis & Gary;
- Fatima Harris Felton, judicial officer, Fulton County Superior Court's Family Division;
- Meagan Hanson, executive director, Georgians for Lawsuit Reform;
- Vincent Hyman, MARTA;
- Cassandra Kirk, Fulton County chief magistrate;
- Judge Melynee Leftridge, Fulton County Magistrate Court;
- Judge Alexandra Manning, Fulton County Magistrate Court;
- Richard Moultrie, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia;
- Judge Ashley Baker Osby, Fulton County Magistrate Court;
- Tiffany Carter Sellers, Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson; and
- Judge Robert Wolf of Fulton County Magistrate Court.
The opening in Fulton County Superior Court became available because Judge Gail Tusan in March announced her retirement, which took effect Tuesday.
Tusan, 62, spent four years as the court's chief judge until she stepped aside last year to make way for current Chief Judge Robert McBurney.
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