It has been said that timing is everything. No one knows this better than Judge Cynthia Adams. After being told that it wasn’t the “right” time for her to seek elected office, Judge Adams made history as Douglas County’s first woman Superior Court Judge.  In addition to her regular court docket, Judge Adams also presides over the Douglas County Mental Health Court, and she also established the Douglas County Parental Accountability Court.

A long-time GAWL member and committed public servant, Judge Adams speaks openly with host Ebony Phillips about what those contemplating a run for elected office should consider beforehand and her decades long support of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Summer Law Internship Program for high school students. Fortunately, she disregarded the naysayers and charted her own course-one that earned her a place in history. No matter what happens next, she will forever be “the first.”