Atuguba was first enrolled as a magistrate on 3 October 1974. He has worked as a private lawyer and served as a prosecutor and state attorney before being appointed a Supreme Court Judge by President Rawlings in 1995.[2] He was the acting Chief Justice from May 25, 2016, until June 3, 2016, while Justice Georgina Theodora Woode was outside the country on official duties.[1] He was for a period, the most senior judge in the Supreme Court. He acted as Chief Justice from 21 February 2017[3] prior to the retirement of Georgina Theodora Wood on 8 June 2017[4] until 19 June 2017 when Sophia Akuffo was sworn in by President Akufo-Addo as the new Chief Justice.[5]
He has been one of the longest serving members of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He was a judge for 44 years and a Supreme Court judge from 1995 to 2018, a total of almost 23 years.[6]
