330 Capitol Avenue, Southeast
1st Floor, Suite 1100
Atlanta, GA 30334
Full Name:
Shawn Ellen LaGrua
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Chris; Children: 2 Step-sons
JD, College of Law, Georgia State University, 1984-1987
BA, Political Science, University of Georgia, 1980-1984
Justice, Georgia State Supreme Court, 2021-present
Member, Legislative Support Team, Accountability Court and Bench and Bar Committees
Vice Chair, Legislative Support Team, the Access to Fairness and Justice Committee
Chair, Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Meltons COVID-19 Task Force
President, Council of Superior Court Judges, 2019-2020
Adjunct Professor of Advanced Evidence and Litigation, Georgia State University College of Law
Judge, Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, 2010-2021
Inspector General, Georgia Secretary of State, 2007-2010
Solicitor General, DeKalb County, Georgia, 2004-2007
Chief Assistant District Attorney, Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, 1999-2001
Chief Senior Assistant District Attorney, Fulton County, Georgia, 1992-1999
Senior Assistant District Attorney, DeKalb County, Georgia, 1987-1990
Alumna Member, Leadership Atlanta, 2012-present
Member, Criminal Justice Reform Sub-Committee
Founding Member/ Former Chair, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, Judicial Application Review Committee
Member, Georgia Child Support Commission
Chair, Judicial Councils Process Servers Committee
Member, Judicial Nominating Commission
Former Chair, Judicial Section of the State Bar of Georgia
Master, Lamar Inn of Court
Master, Logan E. Bleckley Inn of Court
Vice Chair, Leadership Atlanta, Criminal Justice Day, 2014-2015; 2019