Sherry Boston
Sherry Boston serves as the district attorney for DeKalb County, Georgia, which includes a portion of Atlanta, as well as several smaller metro-area cities. Boston was first elected to the position in 2016 after defeating incumbent DA Robert James, a fellow Democrat, in the primary. Boston ran on an anti-corruption platform. She is the second woman to serve as DA in DeKalb County. As district attorney, Boston oversees a staff of approximately 300 attorneys, investigators, victim-witness advocates and other employees whose job is to prosecute felony cases in the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit. Before becoming DA, Boston served as DeKalb County's Solicitor-General, a position Sonny Perdue, Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican, appointed her to fill in January 2011. Boston started her career as a defense attorney. She was the first woman ever appointed to serve as municipal court judge for the City of Dunwoody. SB 92 legal challenge On August 2, 2023, Boston lead a bipartisan gr ...
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