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James G. Tunison, Jr. joined Slappey & Sadd, LLC in 2020 as a partner and opened the firm’s South Georgia office in Valdosta.. Before joining the firm, Jim served as a judge in the Superior Court of Georgia starting in 2009, after being elected by the citizens of the five-county Southern Judicial Circuit. He was re-elected without opposition for two additional terms.. As a judge, he presided over civil and felony criminal trials and handled non-jury bench trials and hearings. During his first year on the court, Judge Tunison created and implemented the Lowndes County Pre-trial Release Program. In 2016, he became the first presiding judge of the Lowndes County Accountability Court, overseeing tracks for drug court, mental health court, and veterans’ court.