Judge Shermela J. Williams

Judicial Assignment

• 2021-Present: Superior Court of Fulton County

Education

• Juris Doctor: Georgetown University Law Center Washington, DC (2007)
• Bachelor of Arts, Communications and Culture (Legal Communications): Howard University, Washington, DC (2004)

Professional Experience / Associations

• Senior Litigation Associate, Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP, 2016-2020
• Assistant District Attorney, DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office, 2013-2016
• Assistant District Attorney, Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, 2011-2013
• Litigation Associate, Bailey and Glasser LLP, 2009-2010
• Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, 2007-2009
• Director, Fulton County District Attorney’s Domestic Violence Task Force
• Adjunct Professor, Spelman College 2010-2021
• Alumna, Lead Atlanta (2015)
• Lawyer to Watch, Attorney-At-Law Magazine (2018)
• Mentor of the Year, The Daily Report (2019)
• Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
• Member, Fulton County Gender Equality Initiation Panel
• Member, Gate City Bar
• Member, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
• Member, Weltner Family Law Inn of Court
• Member, Impact United Methodist Church