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Tusan to become chief judge
Gail Tusan has been elected by her peers to become the next chief judge of the Fulton County Superior Court.
Tusan will take over her new duties for the two-year position on Feb. 1 and succeed Chief Judge Cynthia Wright. Tusan has served on the Superior Court bench since 1995. Before that, she served on the county’s State Court bench and on the City Court of Atlanta.
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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.
