A married judge was subjected to a private reprimand for having sex with a police officer in her chambers within the earshot of law clerks. Judge Eleanor Ross, the Atlanta-based US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, was nominated by President Barack Obama and got the Senate confirmation in 2014.
She's also served as a state court judge and a federal prosecutor in the district. Besides, Ross has been prosecutor in the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. She had also presided over the criminal case of reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, sentenced in 2022 after they were convicted of bank and tax fraud.
The police officer was identified by Bloomberg Law as Atlanta Police Department Deputy Chief Kelley Collier, who commands the Atlanta Police Department's community services division. The report noted the relationship ‘demonstrated a gross lack of judgment’ and resulted in a ‘chambers workplace that was extremely uncomfortable and troubling for clerks’.
Ross' husband, Brian K. Ross, is also a judge, appointed to serve as judge for the State Court of DeKalb County in 2015. He became Division B’s first Presiding Judge and raised in Columbus, Georgia.
