Judge Hatchett’s family’s story is highlight of Harris-Walz reproductive freedom bus tour

Glenda A. Hatchett, also known as “Judge Hatchett”, practices law in Atlanta with Stewart Miller Simmons trial attorneys. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice The interior of Wood Chapel BBQ in Summerhill was a bit different than it would normally be on a Friday night. Blue “Harris Walz” signs took up wall space next to red “Stop Trump’s Abortion Ban” signs. The restaurant was packed as usual, but on that afternoon it was supporters of the Democratic presidential Harris-Walz ticket that filled the wooden picnic tables. They were there to see and hear popular political figures such as Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff, Congresswoman Nikema Williams, and State Rep. Shea Roberts (District 52), and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speak as part of that day’s “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom” bus tour, but it was a former television star that stole the show. Glenda A. Hatchett, more commonly known as “Judge Hatchett” from her many seasons as a television star and TV judge, still practices law in Atlanta as a trial attorney with Stewart Miller Simmons, but on Friday afternoon she took the stage as a grandmother. Hatchett and her son, Charles Johnson IV, lost Kira Dixon Johnson, her daughter-in-law, during...