Chief Judge George F. Hutchinson III of the Gwinnett County Superior Court was appointed to the court by Gov. Nathan Deal in 2013 after a nine-year stint as a magistrate judge, including six years as chief. He served as an assistant district attorney for 15 years, first in the Coweta Judicial Circuit and then in Gwinnett.

Hutchinson, who graduated from Guilford College in 1986 and Emory University School of Law in 1989, agreed to answer the Daily Report’s questions.