Jewel Scott has won election to the Superior Court Judge seat to which Kathryn “Katie” Powers was appointed.

The former Clayton County District Attorney took 60%  of the vote in the election held on June 9th, 2020.

Jewel also served as Jamaica’s honorary consul to Atlanta and was a partner at the Scott & Turner Law Group, LLC.

Scott was born in Manchester, Jamaica, and got her Bachelor of Laws from the University of the West Indies in Barbados. She earned her J.D. at Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law and joined the State Bar of Georgia in 2001.