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State Court Judge Toby Prodgers spent his childhood on the move. As the son of a “career military officer,” his family lived all over the United States and the world, from Virginia and Ohio to Europe and Japan. Prodgers graduated from high school in California, went to college at Duke, and served in Vietnam. In other words, he’s been all over. So for Prodgers, one of the great joys of his tenure in Cobb County has been the stability of its close-knit family of legal practitioners. “This legal community here in Cobb County has been an excellent legal community ever since I ...

Marbutt beat Gregory Shenton in the August nonpartisan runoff, receiving 30,831 votes or 55.8 percent. Marbutt, who previously served as a senior assistant district attorney for Cobb County, was joined by his parents, wife and children. Incoming Chief Judge Robert Leonard presided over the swearing-in. Marbutt was visibly emotional as he began his speech. Speaking of his prepared remarks, he said, “I don’t know that it fully captures how appreciative I am … how humbled I am by the support and the love of everybody who came together to really get the message out.” Cobb Coun...