Gov. Nathan Deal named three new judges on Monday: Cassandra Kirk to assume the role of chief magistrate in Fulton County, and assistant district attorney Alison Burleson and solo practitioner Brenda Holbert Trammell to be the newest judges on the Ocmulgee Circuit Superior Court bench.

Kirk will replace current Fulton County Chief Magistrate Stephanie Davis, whose term expires on Dec. 31. Kirk is an associate judge with the Fulton County Juvenile Court. She earned her law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Va., and was admitted to the bar in 1993.