MARIETTA — Mayor Steve Tumlin has appointed the city’s first black female judge, Cheryl Richardson, three years after appointing the city’s first black male judge, Nathan Wade.
On stage at the Civic Center during Cobb’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, Wade thanked Tumlin for the appointments.
“The judicial bench should reflect the people who live here,” Tumlin said.
The Marietta City Council approved Richardson’s appointment as an associate judge on Jan. 8.Wade was appointed as an associate judge for the Marietta Municipal Court on Jan. 27, 2010.
via The Marietta Daily Journal – First black female judge appointed in Marietta.
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