07Sep, 2019

Promoting Responsible Justice

Saturday, September 7, 2019, 9:00 am

Fulton County Government Center, 141 Pryor St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303

This is a FREE Summit open to the Public for a legal, Educational Purpose —- discussing the most important issues of our time – Criminal Justice Reform. This Summit will address injustice at every stage – from policing and pretrial detention to sentencing and incarceration to reentry; and also from decarceration through the limited use of prisons and jails and the creation of meaningful pathways to redemption and rehabilitation.

A Community Resource area will feature many tables and representatives from 15 State Agencies and nonprofit organizations around the Metro area that assist the public in legal aid, housing, children legal defense, etc.

Participates that has confirmed: Judge Cassandra Kirk, Chief Judge of Magistrate Courts, Fulton County, Attorney Clint Rucker, Chief Asst. District Attorney, Fulton County, Shermela J Williams, Senior Litigation Associate with Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP, Ashleigh Merchant, Managing Partner, The Merchant Firm, Marissa M. Dodson, Public Policy Director, Southern Center for Human Rights, Laura Hogue, Criminal Defense Attorney and President of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Judge Steven Teske, Chief Judge of Clayton County’s Juvenile Courts, Sherry Boston, District Attorney of Dekalb County, Erin Gerstenzang, Managing Partner, EHG Law Firm, Rebeca E. Salmon, managing partner, A Salmon Firm, LLC and Executive Director of Access to Law, Inc.…………..and are still waiting on Confirmations from invited State Senators and Representatives, College Law School Deans/Professors, State Officals, and District Attorneys.