Fulton County Superior Court - Atlanta - Georgia

185 Central Avenue, SW
Justice Center Tower
Suite T-8955 / Courtroom 8F
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

404-302-8524: Fax Number

404-302-8520: Judicial Assistant
404-302-8522: Staff Attorney
404-302-8523: Case Manager
404-302-8526: Court Reporter

Gail S. Tusan

 BIOGRAPHICAL HIGHLIGHTS

1. Judicial Experience:    22 year established track record as accessible, hardworking and resourceful jurist.  5/95-Present, Superior Court of Fulton County; 7/92-5/95, State Court of Fulton County, 8/90-7/92, City Court of Atlanta; 1986-1990, Fulton County Magistrate; 1984-1986, City of Atlanta Administrative Law Judge.

2. Education:   Post Graduate work, (1990-1996), National Judicial College; J.D. (1981), George Washington University National  Law Center;  B.A. Psychology (1978), University of California at Los Angeles.

3. Attorney Experience:   Ten (10) years of federal and state trial and appellate litigation experience, including a clerkship with the United States Justice Department in Washington, D.C and Kilpatrick Stockton, LLC.

4. Teaching Experience:   Group leader, Emory Law School Class of 2005, Orientation to Professionalism; Faculty Member, Georgia Institute of  Continuing Judicial Education and National Judicial College (teaching courses in the United States, Philippines and Russia); Former Law Professor (adjunct), Georgia State University School of Law, Research, Writing and Advocacy course

5. Community Service:  CoChair, M. Agnes Jones Young Ambassador to Haiti Build a School  Project; National Board Member, Camp Fire USA, Moderator, First Congregational Church United Church of Christ; Convener, Agape Community Outreach Shelter Project; Co-Convener, Loving Hands Quilting Society (benefits homeless women and children); Vice President (Program Chair), Buckhead Cascade City Chapter, Links, Inc; Co-Founder, Project Legacy (interactive self-esteem and personal development curriculum designed to target at-risk pre-adolescent girls); Leader, Camp Fire USA youth group; Volunteer Lawyer, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation; YWCA Community Woman (mentor), YWCA Project Redirection (big sister program for teenage mothers); Co-Director, Camp Anytown  (National Council of Christians and Jews).

6. Law Related Committees:  Member, Georgia Commission on Family Violence; Georgia Commission on Child Support, Past Chair, Georgia Supreme Court’s Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency; Chair, Judicial  Education and New Judge Orientation Committee of Fulton County Superior Court (“FCSC”); Past Charter Judge, FCSC Family Division.

7. Past Board Affiliations:   President, Board of Directors of Camp Fire USA, Georgia Council;  President, Atlanta Legal Aid Society and  Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys; Vice President, Legal Clinic for the Homeless; Chair, Personnel Committee, YWCA of Greater Atlanta; Board Member, Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, Friends of Gammon Theological Seminary, Center for Puppetry Arts, Camp Fire USA, Georgia Council and YWCA of Greater Atlanta; Law Day Coordinator, Morris Brandon Elementary PTA.
 

8. Awards:   Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change Community Service Peace and Justice Award; Georgia Law Related Education Supporter of the Year; Charter Inductee, John Muir High School (Judge Tusan's alma mater) Alumni Hall of Fame; Member, YWCA Academy of Women of Achievements; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Nu Lambda Omega Distinguished Working Mother; Recognized Civic Leader, Alumnus, Leadership Atlanta; Outstanding Young Person of Atlanta; Ebony Magazine's Young Leader of the Future;  Georgia Informer, as one of Georgia’s 50 Most Influential Black Women.

9. Other Projects:  Legal Expert, Montel Williams Show; Author, Misplaced (debut novel); Founder, Always Wanted To   (“AWT”)  Dance Troupe

10. Personal:   Married to Dr. Carl V. Washington, Jr. of the Emory Clinic and Emory School of Medicine.  Mother of  four children.

12/2006