Marvin S. Arrington Sr obituary – Marvin S. Arrington Sr cause of death – Marvin Stephens Arrington Sr., an American judge in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, and a politician in the city of Atlanta died Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at the age of 82. He died peacefully at his home surrounded by his loved ones, according to a statement from his family.

Born on February 10, 1941, Arrington is famously known for breaking the color barrier as one of the first two Black students admitted into Emory University Law School in 1965, along with former federal Judge Clarence Cooper.

Arrington went on have not only a long but a successful legal career, serving on the city’s Board of Alderman which was the city’s representative body before converting to City Council.

He was elected to the Atlanta Board of Alderman (now called Atlanta City Council) in 1969 and became president in 1980.

In 1997, he ran for mayor of Atlanta but lost to incumbent Bill Campbell.

He was appointed to Fulton County Superior Court Judge in 2002 by then Gov. Roy Barnes and retired in 2012.

Arrington was voted one of Atlanta’s top 25 lawyers by Atlanta Magazine and was included by Black Enterprise Magazine in their list of America’s “Top 10 Black Law Firms”.

He was married to Marilyn Jones and they had two children; a son Marvin Arrington Jr (a lawyer) and a daughter whose details are unknown

The family will make public arrangements for his funeral after details have been finalized.

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