Judge Gail S. Tusan

Judicial Assignment

• 2019-Present: Senior Judge
• 1995-2019: Superior Court of Fulton County (Chief Judge:2015-2018)
• 1992-1995: State Court of Fulton County
• 1990-1992: City Court of Atlanta
• 1986-1990: Fulton County Magistrate
• 1984-1986: City of Atlanta Administrative Law Judge

Education

• Juris Doctor: George Washington University School of Law (1981)
• BA, Psychology: University of California at Los Angeles (1978)

Professional Experience / Associations

• Visiting Distinguished Lecturer, Spelman College
• Board Member, Dispute Resolution Section, Atlanta Bar Association
• Board Member, Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement, Inc. (“GLISI”)
• Board President, The Pave Foundation, Inc.
• Former Adjunct Professor, Emory School of Law
• Faculty, National Judicial College and Georgia Institute of Continuing Judicial Education
• Past Chair, Judicial Sections of Atlanta Bar Association and Gate City Bar Association
• Chair, Supreme Court’s Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency
• Past Member, Georgia Commission on Family Violence and Commission on Child Support
• Founding Member and Past President (1983) of Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
• Past President of Atlanta Legal Aid Society
• Past Vice Chair of Legal Clinic for the Homeless
• Past President, Camp Fire Boys and Girls, Georgia Council
• Past Board Member, National Council of Christians and Jews 
• Past President, Buckhead/Cascade City Chapter, The Links, Incorporated