Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed Fulton County Magistrate Judge Shukura Ingram Millender as Superior Court judge of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.Millender will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Alford Dempsey Jr. The appointment will take effect upon swearing in, the governor said in a news release Monday.

Millender has served as judge of the Magistrate Court of Fulton County since May 2015, Deal noted. She previously served as an assistant solicitor in the Atlanta Municipal Court and as an assistant district attorney in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.