Weaver appointed to judicial watchdog agency

Chief Superior Court Judge Brenda Weaver of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit is the newest member of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission.

Weaver was appointed Tuesday by the Georgia Supreme Court to succeed Fulton County Judge Constance Russell. Weaver will serve a four-year term. In recent years, the seven-member JQC has overseen a number of high-profile ethics investigations that led to the resignations of several judges.

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Bill Rankin

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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