Meet Judicial Council of Georgia Member Chief Judge Ural Glanville

thank you well I never went to law school thinking that I'd become a judge the position sort of found me I've been practicing law for my first seven years as a lawyer I've been a prosecutor defense attorney an insurance defense attorney and a civil lawyer plant doing plants work and um concurrently with that I also served as an army reservist and in my Army Reserve job I my boss was then Superior Court Judge Charles Pennell from the Whitfield circuit and I started talking with judge Pennell about what it was like to be a judge and I said maybe I'd like to become a magistrate and he asked me he said what county do you live in I said I live in Fulton County and said you know judge Charles Carnes chief judge Carnes I said well I do I was as prosecutor for a period of time he says well let me talk to him and it about two weeks later judge Carnes approached me said hey I understand you know judge Pennell I can make you a part-time magistrate and then I'll give you the next full-time appointment that comes up so in 1994 I was sworn in as a part-time magistrate I did that till May of 95 96 I should say and then I served as a Fulton County Magistrate for eight years and then in 2004 I was elected to Superior Court of Fulton County best part of my job two things weddings and adoptions everybody's happy [Music] I hope to accomplish helping transitions out of covid and and in keeping some of the best practices that we've developed such as technology utilization of zoom and other electronic platforms to better leverage technology and opportunity for lawyers and litigants to participate remotely thank you I am reading above ground it's a series of poems by Clint Smith and I'm also watching season two of Perry Mason on HBO thank you

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Published: Wed Jul 12 2023