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Senterfitt honored by state commission

By Bill Rankin
Sept 16, 2011

Atlanta lawyer Shelley Senterfitt has received the Gender Justice Award, the highest honor from the Georgia Commission on Family Violence.

"For many years, Ms. Senterfitt has been an articulate and fearless voice for abused women and children at the Legislature," Greg Loughlin, the commission's director, said. Senterfitt's legal practice focuses on family law matters, and she serves as a guardian ad litem in courts and lobbies on behalf of anti-domestic violence organizations.

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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.

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