Dougherty County’s public defender has been appointed to replace Probate Judge Nancy Stephenson, who died last week after being diagnosed with COVID-19. 

Leisa Green Johnson was sworn in Tuesday by Dougherty County Superior Court Clerk Evonne Mull after Johnson was appointed by Chief Judge Willie Lockette Monday. Mull said she swore in Johnson, who was accompanied by several friends, in a simple ceremony Tuesday morning on one of the two black marble staircases in the courthouse foyer.

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