The state’s judicial watchdog agency entered new ethics charges against a Fulton County judge, saying that, among other things, she needlessly detained a 22-year-old woman during her parents’ divorce proceedings as a way to scold her for “daddy issues.”
The Judicial Qualifications Commission this week brought over a dozen more charges against Superior Court Judge Shermela Williams, saying it found reasonable cause to believe she committed additional instances of misconduct on the bench.
The 15 counts filed by the Judicial Qualifications Commission accuse Williams of delaying rulings in certain cases — sometimes for years — and detaining one woman “without any legal findings or justification” during her parents’ divorce case. Williams is also accused of calling an attorney on behalf of her uncle to request an extension in his contempt proceeding…