EDUCATION

Georgia State University College of Law – Atlanta, Georgia
J.D., Cum Laude, 2002
Activities: Moot Court Board; participated in 2001 National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Mock Trial Competition in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition in Madison, Wisconsin, and Craven Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Cum Laude, 1999

 

EXPERIENCE

John Gee Edwards, Attorney At Law, 2002 – Present
Sole Practitioner/Owner – Valdosta, Georgia

Admitted to the State Bar of Georgia. Admitted to practice in all trial and appellate courts for the State of Georgia, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

Speaker, "Public Trials, Courthouse Closures and the Impact of Trying Cases in County Jails," Southwest Georgia Public Defender Seminar, 2013.

Selected as Georgia Rising Star by Super Lawyers, 2009.
Adjunct Professor, Consumer Law, Valdosta State University, 2005.

Speaker, “D.N.A.: The Law and the Science,” Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2003.

Graduate of the National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia, 2003.

Recognized by The National Trial Lawyers Association: Top 40 under 40 is a new professional organization comprised of America’s top young trial attorneys.

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Valdosta Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (President, 2007 – 2008; Treasurer, 2006 – 2007), the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Valdosta Bar Association.