Superior Court Judge Kathlene F. Gosselin, Northeastern Judicial Circuit, Gainesville, has been named the president-elect of the Council of Superior Court Judges.

She will convene the group’s semiannual meeting on July 20 in Atlanta.

Her officer term runs from May 1 to April 30.

Gosselin has served as a trial court judge in the Northeastern Judicial Circuit since 1987. She was appointed to Superior court judgeship in 1998, having previously served on the Hall County State Court bench. She practiced law with the law firm of Fockele and Gosselin when she was initially elected to the state court bench. Gosselin previously served as president of the Council of State Court Judges and chair of the Georgia Supreme Court Committee on Gender Equality. She also chaired the Uniform Rules Committee of the Council of Superior Court Judges.

The Council of Superior Court Judges is made up of the state’s 202 superior court judges and more than 50 senior (retired) superior court judges. It was established by the state legislature in 1985 to further the improvement of the superior courts and the administration of justice in Georgia.