This is what happens in court when ex-office mates become adversaries
Paul Howard and Wendy Shoob shared an office decades ago when they worked together as trial prosecutors at the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.
Now, Howard is Fulton’s longtime district attorney and Shoob is a Superior Court judge. And they’re no longer office mates, they’re embittered adversaries.
For much of this year, the former colleagues have been at loggerheads over how criminal cases have been handled in Shoob’s courtroom.
Shoob recently found one of Howard’s top sex-crimes prosecutors in contempt of court. Howard in turn filed an ethics complaint against Shoob and filed emergency court motions seeking to stop Shoob from taking action in a number of cases.
Goodness, somebody bang the gavel!
About the Author
Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
