Margaret Gettle Washburn graduated from Emory University School of Law in 1979 and is a former state prosecutor in DeKalb County. She started her law practice in Lawrenceville in 1983. Margaret is a Past President of the Gwinnett County Bar Association and is the editor of the GCBA Newsletter. She is Past President of the Georgia Council for Municipal Court Judges and currently sits as Chief Judge for the City of Sugar HIll.