Disqualified Fulton County judicial candidate Tiffani Johnson’s bid to contest an order removing her from the race for Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s seat fell flat on Thursday when DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Stacey K. Hydrick upheld Office of State Administrative Hearings Judge Ronit Walker’s order disqualifying the attorney’s judicial candidacy.
Near the end of the hearing, Kurt Kastorf of Kastorf law, representing Johnson, said he found it “truly remarkable” that the secretary of state admitted that Johnson would have qualified to run under the office’s interpretation of O.C.G.A. § 21-2-132. However, as the hearing progressed, the parties opposing Johnson grew more and more vocal in their assertion that the court should rule narrowly on the issue.
Administrative Law Judge Ronit Walker (left) of the Office of State Administrative Hearings and Jeremy Berry of Chilivis Grubman Warner & Berry. (Courtesy photos)