On Tuesday, Barry Morgan was honored by the Cobb Board of Commissioners for his many years of service as the Cobb Solicitor General.
On Wednesday, he was one of five people appointed to fill judicial vacancies in Cobb Magistrate Court.
Chief Magistrate Judge Brendan Murphy said the positions are part-time and they were filled after an open application and interview process.
Magistrate Court is open 24/7/365 handling a variety of civil and criminal caseloads, including cases involving self-represented litigants, and is the court of first hearings for most criminal cases.
Morgan is retiring as Cobb Solicitor General, an office he has held since 1999. In that role, he has been the county’s chief prosecutor for a variety of misdemeanor, traffic and ordinance cases.
He will begin his new post in January, as will Magistrate Judge-designate Che A. Karega II, a Marietta attorney in private practice.
Jana J. Edmonson-Cooper has been chosen to succeed Sonia Brown, who was recently elected Cobb Superior Court judge.
Two other magistrate judges-designate will be sworn in next week. They are Lauren Boone, an in-house corporate counsel for a major insurance firm and a former prosecutor in Fulton County, and Ronna Woodruff, a bankruptcy and family law attorney in Marietta.
“We’re excited to add Lauren, Ronna, Che, and Barry to the People’s Court family. Collectively, they bring over 80 years of diverse legal experience to the bench,” Murphy said in a statement issued by Cobb government.
“Working in shifts around the clock for a fraction of the hourly rate they can earn in private practice, our part-time judges are the backbone of the Court, providing true community service.”
In Tuesday’s elections, Marietta attorney Makia Metzger was elected to succeed Morgan as Solicitor General. Her term will start in January.
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