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Atlanta – The following attorneys and judges from Fulton County were elected or re-elected to serve on the Board of Governors of the 52,000-member State Bar of Georgia and were installed June 4:

• Kent E. Altom of the Gilroy Firm, Atlanta (Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Post 2)
• Jeffrey R. Kuester of Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 4)
• Tracee Ready Benzo of Benzo Law LLC, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 6)
• Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker of Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 8)
• Edward A. Piasta, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 10)
• Joyce Gist Lewis of Krevolin & Horst LLC, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 12)
• Edward B. Krugman of Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 14)
• James D. Blitch IV of Blitch Law P.C., Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 16)
• Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rachel R. Krause, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 18)
• State Sen. Jennifer Auer “Jen” Jordan of Jordan Woodward Cathey, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 20)
• Frank B. Strickland of Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 22)
• Joseph A. Roseborough of Joseph A. Roseborough LLC, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 24)
• Anthony B. Askew of Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 26)
• J. Henry Walker IV of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 28)
• Robert D. “Bobby” Wolf of Fulton County Magistrate Court, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 31)
• Fulton County State Court Judge Susan Eichler Edlein of Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 33)
• N. John Bey of Bey & Associates LLC, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 35)
• Harold E. Franklin Jr. of King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 37)
• Michael D. Hobbs Jr. of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 38)
• Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura L. Ingram, Atlanta (Atlanta Circuit, Post 40)

The Board of Governors is the 160-member policymaking authority of the State Bar, with representation from each of Georgia’s judicial circuits. The board holds regular meetings at least four times per year.