SOUTH FULTON, GA — In what is brewing to be perhaps an unprecedented legal case, the entire council of a new metro Atlanta city has been ordered to appear in court on Thursday. The case involves the city of South Fulton, formed just over two years ago in southern metro Atlanta. A Fulton County Superior Court judge has ordered the council to appear in court on July 11 in a dispute revolving around former South Fulton’s Chief Magistrate Judge Tiffany Sellars.
According to court records, Sellars was fired from her position and subsequently filed an appeal in Fulton Superior Court. The city has since been ordered to turn over documents relating to Sellars’ dismissal, but has failed to do so. Now, Judge Rachel Kruase has ordered all seven council members to show up at 4 pm and explain why the city hasn’t complied.
If Krause isn’t satisfied, she could order the council to be held in contempt of court, fined or even jailed.
City councilperson Helen Zenobia Willis is outraged over the situation and furious with the city’s attorney, Emilia C. Walker. “I was blindsided when I heard over the news media that I was part of this legal action,” Willis said. “This is unprofessional and unprecedented; this situation never should have gotten to this level. We have not received the best services from our attorney.”
Walker is a partner in the metro Atlanta law firm Fincher Denmark LLC Attorneys. Willis said the city pays $500,000 annually to the firm “to represent our best interests, and now I don’t trust the firm to represent us at all.”
Walker stressed that no judgements have been made against the city in its firing of Sellars, and plans to ask the court to cancel Thursday’s hearing. “Our plan continues to fully defend the city against any claims,” she said.
South Fulton is home to more than 95,000 people over an 85-square-mile area. Its city charter was adopted in April 2017.
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