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Fulton County Attorneys, Judges Elected to Board of Governors of State Bar of Georgia 

June 22, 2022
Contact: Jennifer Mason or jenniferm@gabar.org

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.