JUDICIAL
Summer is off to a great start for the Judicial
Section. On June 1, we partnered with the
Litigation Section for a service event with
Trees Atlanta. On June 12, we hosted a
breakfast with the Gate City Bar Association
Judicial Section at which DeKalb Superior
Court Hon. Shondeana C. Morris and
DeKalb Clerk of State and Magistrate
Courts Javoyne Hicks led a discussion about
judicial wellness and well-being. On June 19,
we co-hosted a make-your-own-painting
social with the Atlanta Council of Younger
Lawyers (ACYL) at Dip n Dab.
On June 28, our Board held its summer
planning meeting and set two main goals for
SECTION UPDATES
the section this year: (1) to make sure that all
judges, no matter their years of service, have
the tools and support they need to serve in a
sustainable way and (2) to foster productive
bar-bench relationships. In addition to
continuing our tradition of joint section
events, we are piloting a judicial mentoring
program to pair more experienced judges
with those who more recently joined the
bench. The mentoring focus will be on
ethics, professionalism, and wellness. We
welcome the opportunity to partner with
other sections for social and service events,
and our members are available to speak at
section-sponsored CLE events.
Judicial Section 2019-2020 Board of
Directors: Chair Hon. Lillian N. Caudle
(Magistrate Court of Fulton County);
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Hon. Paige
Whitaker (Superior Court of Fulton
County); Secretary/Treasurer Hon. Wenona
Belton (Juvenile Court of Fulton County);
Immediate Past Chair Hon. Susan Edlein
(State Court of Fulton County); Members at
Large: Hon. Yvette Miller (Georgia Court of
Appeals); Hon. Christopher Portis (Atlanta
Municipal Court); Hon. Tiffany Carter
Sellers (City of South Fulton); Hon. Mike
Jacobs (State Court of DeKalb County).
HON. LILLIAN NASH CAUDLE
Magistrate Court of Fulton County
[email protected]
Trees Atlanta volunteers included Hon. Susan Edlein (Magistrate Court of Fulton County); Hon. Alex Manning (Superior Court of Fulton
County); Lisa Liang (State Court of Fulton County); Rob Heustis (Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley P.C.); Louis Cohan (Cohan
Law Group); Ty Brown (Hawkins, Parnell & Young LLP)
L-R: Hon. Brian Ross (State Court of DeKalb County); Hon.
Johnny Mason (State Board of Workers’ Compensation); Hon.
Kiesha Storey (State Court of DeKalb County); Hon. Shondeana
Morris (Superior Court of DeKalb County); Hon. Chris McFadden
(Georgia Court of Appeals); Hon. Lillian Caudle (Magistrate Court
of Fulton County); Hon. Bobby Wolf (Magistrate Court of Fulton
County); Hon. Paige Whitaker (Superior Court of Fulton County);
Javoyne Hicks (Clerk of DeKalb County State and Magistrate
Courts); Hon. Susan Edlein (State Court of Fulton County); Hon.
Jean Paul Boulee (United States District Court)
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