A former Fulton County Superior Court judge accused by Georgia’s judicial watchdog of breaking the law by jailing a young woman has been hired by District Attorney Fani Willis as a prosecutor.
Shermela Williams resigned in February while facing possible removal from the bench over a series of misconduct charges and an associated lawsuit.
Now Williams, a judge since the start of 2021, is returning to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, where she previously spent several years as a prosecutor…