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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 1, 2022

Memphis attorney Aftan Strong has been named chief magistrate of the Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court, the Daily Memphian reports. Strong, a Memphis native with a master’s in counseling and forensic psychology, was appointed to the position by Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon. Strong’s career has included counseling children at a juvenile detention center in Boston, working as a mental health counselor in an after-school program and working as a public defender in Nashville. She also worked in restorative justice practices in the Davidson County District Attorney’s office. Prior to joining Juvenile Court, Strong was managing partner of The Family Law Firm PLLC. Her appointment is the first step in Sugarmon’s determination of how many magistrates there should be and who he will appoint to those positions.