Judge Shondeana Crews Morris grew up in DeKalb County and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s degree in criminal justice from Albany State University. After graduating from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law in 1997, she worked first as an assistant solicitor in Atlanta, then in 1999, joined the Fulton County Office of the District Attorney.
There she was promoted to deputy district attorney, leading the Public Integrity and Crimes Against Women and Children units. Morris was one of the prosecutors in the Atlanta Public Schools teacher cheating case.
