Staff Changes Announced in Office of District Attorney On January 31, 2023, Chief Superior Court Judge Ellen McElyea swore in Susan K. Treadaway as acting district attorney of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit and Katie Gropper as chief assistant district attorney. The change in leadership comes following former District Attorney Shannon Wallace being sworn in as Superior Court judge in Cherokee County. Treadaway, who has served the citizens of Georgia as a felony prosecutor for nearly 20 years, will hold the position of acting district attorney pending Gov. Brian Kemp’s appointment of Wallace’s successor. She was previously the chief assistant district attorney. Gropper, the new chief assistant district attorney, has been a prosecutor for more than 15 years.Other staff members who received new assignments include Damion Overstreet who will serve as deputy chief assistant district attorney for the new courtroom, Rachel Hines who will move into Gropper’s previous position of deputy chief assistant district attorney for the Special Victims’ Unit, and Kimball Murdock and Dan Worrell who were promoted to senior investigators.
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