Susan Washington
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With Godmother
Susan trying out the bench
with godmother

Susan Washington …public servant, community volunteer, novelist, dance troupe founder, skydiver, mentor and outside of that your average working wife and mother.

Susan founded a dance troupe named AWT (for Always Wanted To Dance ) for women over 40 of all sizes and sensibilities who’ve always wanted to dance. These ladies rock boardrooms, classrooms and courtrooms during the day, and move to the grooves of hip hop and jazz at night.

With Godmother

Susan with mother, a retired primary school educator

This judge is not your average public servant. Her zeal and zest for life belies her infamous judicial stare. It makes you wonder sometimes just what exactly is she thinking? She’s revealed some of those thoughts in her newly released debut novel, Misjudged. She’s begun the sequel entitled The Judge's Son, is writing a nonfiction/memoir work, Power and Grace, on God's Watch -- Ten Years, Ten Lessons which reveals critical life lessons gathered from the author's judicial career, has written two children’s books: the first, My Mom is Special, explores how a child copes with a parent living with MS and the second entitled Look at That Kayla Kat is a picture book employing counting and color concepts to explore the fictitious Atlanta Flower Room. Judge Susan also has contributed to a national weekly newspaper column appearing in the Atlanta Daily World and Pasadena Journal entitled Power and Grace: Can a Sister Judge Get a Witness?

 

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Susan rehearsing her future judicial stare with father, a retired LAPD narcotics detective

Susan has served as a “Judicial Expert” on the Montel Williams Show, helped create the Atlanta cable television show, Legally Speaking, has appeared as WSB Channel 2’s Noonday Show “Legal Expert,” and has shared her tips for mental well-being in Real Simple magazine (January 2007 issue).

She and her family live in Atlanta. When not working or writing or rehearsing with AWT, this adventuresome lady is learning to play golf, loves to ski and cycle and enjoys traveling with her family.

 
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