Judge Myra Dixon of Fulton County State Court graduated from Tennessee State University and Howard University law school. She began her legal career in 1978 as a civilian attorney with the Navy in Washington and later served as a public defender and an assistant U.S. attorney. She then spent 13 years practicing law at Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, becoming a partner in 1992.
In 1998, she became an Atlanta City Court judge, and a year later, Gov. Roy Barnes appointed her to the Fulton State Court, where she has served a stint as chief judge.
