 That brings me to the very curious case of a woman who, until recently, was the highest paid judge in Douglas County, a Democrat by the name of Christina Peterson. Peterson was making somewhere north of $100,000 a year, according to some reports. She became a probate judge in Douglas County, which is right next to Fulton County, back in 2020 after winning a contested primary and running unopposed in a general election. Now, to be clear, Peterson was not handling the most high-stakes cases in Atlanta. She dealt with things like marriage licenses.