Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner, since 2004

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• Traffic Violations
• White Collar Crimes
• Family Law
• Adoption
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Nursing Home
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law

Representative Cases

• Jones v. State, 276 Ga. 171 (2003)
• Brent v. State, 270 Ga. 160 (1998)
• Workman v. State, 235 Ga. App. 800 (1998)
• Pitts v. State, 231 Ga. App. 9 (1998)

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Traffic Violations, White Collar Crimes, Family Law, Adoption, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Nursing Home, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law

Bar Admissions

• Georgia
• Illinois
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of Georgia

Honors and Awards

• Honorary Georgia State Patrol Trooper
• MADD Outstanding Service Award, 2004
• National College of District Attorney's Executive Program Graduate
• Special Prosecutor, City of Covington, City of Porterdale
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Citizen's Academy Graduate
• Certificate of Appreciation, Georgia State Patrol
• Certificate of Appreciation, DeKalb County Police Department
• Certificate of Appreciation, Rockdale County Board of Commissioners
• Certificate of Appreciation, Juvenile Court of Rockdale County

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor, Georgia Police Academy
• Instructor, Northeast Georgia Police Academy
• Instructor, DeKalb County Police Academy
• Instructor, Georgia State Patrol
• Instructor, Georgia Traffic Enforcement Network
• Instructor, Prosecuting Attorney's Counsel of Georgia
• Instructor, Solicitor-General's Association of Georgia

Past Employment Positions

• Solicitor General's Office of DeKalb County, Decatur, Georgia, Solicitor General, Pro Tempore, 2004
• Solicitor General's Office of DeKalb County, Decatur, Georgia, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, 2000 - 2004
• District Attorney's Office of Rockdale County, Conyers, Georgia, Assistant District Attorney, 1995 - 2000
• First Atlantic Title Company, Lawrenceville, Georgia, Title Abstractor, 1993 - 1995
• District Attorney's Office of Cobb County, Marietta, Georgia, Assistant District Attorney Intern, 1992 - 1993
• Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, School of Law, Research Assistant, 1990 - 1991
• Glavin & Associes, Services de Marketing, Montreal, Quebec, Account Executive, 1988 - 1989

Education

• Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, May, 1993
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA), May 1992
• University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, June, 1988
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: General and Departmental Honors
  Honors: T.L. Neff Award for Excellence in French Language & Literature, 1988
  Honors: Chicago-Paris Study Program, 1986-1987
  Major: Romance Languages and Literature, June 1988

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Address

913 Commercial Street
Conyers, GA 30012

Phones

(678) 374-4230
(866) 415-6674 (Toll Free)

Faxes

(770) 929-1197

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Websites

http://www.mqablaw.com