Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow is an assistant district attorney for the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office where she is assigned to the Anti-Corruption Unit.  Kimberly oversees the prosecution of complex, high-profile financial cases exceeding $100,000.00 arising out of business crimes and fraud.  Prior to joining the DeKalb County DA’s Office, Kimberly served as chief senior assistant district attorney for Fulton County’s District Attorney Office, and was an associate in the Atlanta office of Schiff Hardin LLP where she practiced in the General Litigation Group and on the firm’s National Appellate Team.  Kimberly began her legal career in public service as a prosecutor, and previously worked at the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Department of Justice, as well as several non-profit policy organizations in Washington, DC before attending law school.

Recently recognized as one who is “On the Rise” by the Fulton Daily Report, Kimberly has developed an expertise in Georgia’s business crimes and financial investigations.  She is an adjunct professor of White Collar Crimes and Trial Practice at the University of Georgia School of Law, and she currently serves on the Consumer Advisory Board for the Office of the Attorney General of Georgia. 

Kimberly is an active volunteer in the community, and she has served in various leadership roles for both professional and non-profit organizations, including the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, the Gate City Bar Association, the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia, the Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta (formerly known as Asian American Legal Advocacy Center), and ChildrenConnect of Newnan.  She is a member of Leadership Georgia’s Class of 2017, LEAD Atlanta’s Class of 2016, the State Bar of Georgia’s Leadership Academy’s Class of 2015, and an active volunteer for high school, college, and law school mock trial programs. 

Although born and raised within the U.S. Army and Korean communities of Seoul, S. Korea during her early formative years, Kimberly calls Atlanta her home.  After graduating high school in Georgia, she went on to receive her bachelor’s degree in English from Howard University in Washington, DC, and her law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia. 

Kimberly currently resides in Newnan, GA with her husband, daughter, and dog.  When she is not working, she enjoys playing tennis, the outdoors, and cooking.

After graduating from the University of Georgia School of Law, Miracle spent the first four years of her practice representing plaintiffs in complex medical malpractice and premises liability actions. Miracle’s ability to parse through complex medical and legal issues, engage a jury, and build trust in her clients, resulted in favorable verdicts and six-figure settlements. Desiring to understand how insurance companies evaluate personal injury claims and the strategies they use to mount a defense, Miracle spent three years serving as defense counsel for Fortune 100 insurance companies. Miracle brings to her practice at the CP Law Group, the invaluable knowledge and insider’s view she gained while working as a defense attorney for two of the largest insurance companies in the United States.

As a Partner at the CP Law Group, Miracle’s practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury cases arising from trucking and automobile accidents, wrongful death, medical malpractice and premises liability. She attributes her ability to prevail in even the most challenging cases to the relationship and trust that she builds with her client. Miracle believes that to fully understand and appreciate her client’s injuries and pain and suffering, it is imperative that she maintains open and honest communication with her client.

In addition to The University of Georgia School of Law, Miracle is also a graduate of Spelman College, where she received her B.A.

In her free time, Miracle enjoys attending spectator sports with her husband, mentoring at risk youth through the Fulton and DeKalb Juvenile Courts, and playing catch with her three-year-old Terrier-Mix, Rocky Balboa.

Shiriki Cavitt Jones currently serves as Corporate Counsel for Equifax Inc., focusing on negotiating and closing complex multi-party commercial and third-party agreements, executing innovative company-wide legal solutions, and advising internal business stakeholders on legal strategy including third-party vendor issues, contracts, data privacy, and security escalations.  Shiriki also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Emory University School of Law, teaching a Corporate Externship Class to over 200 second-year and third-year law students since 2013. Prior to her current role at Equifax, Shiriki has served as a Term Law Clerk for the Honorable Linda T. Walker, federal magistrate judge for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division and as Counsel at Oldcastle, Inc., where her primary focus was on commercial contractual deals and labor and employment issues. Her extended practice covered all of the areas that the business encountered, such as negotiating and drafting commercial deals, litigation management, MSHA and OSHA matters, compliance, training and antitrust issues. Prior to working at Oldcastle, Shiriki was an Associate at Troutman Sanders LLP in the Complex Litigation Practice Group where her focus was on business litigation and product liability matters. 

Shiriki is very active in her Church, serving as a Small Group Leader and Sunday School teacher and she is also highly involved in many professional and community organizations.  By way of example, since 2004, Shiriki has served in many roles within the State Bar of Georgia, including her current position on the Board of Governors (Post 30) and her past roles with the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyer Division (Community Service Projects Committee Co-Chair (2006-2009); Board of Directors (2007-2014); Public Internship Program Co-Chair (2009-2011); YLD Newsletter Co-Editor (2011-2013); and YLD Signature Fundraiser Co-Chair (2011)). Shiriki has also served on the ServiceJuris Steering Committee since 2009, organizing a community service day in which more than 300 members of Atlanta’s legal community participate. Shiriki was even awarded the Community Champion award in the 2017 Corporate Counsel Awards sponsored by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Association of Corporate Counsel Georgia Chapter for her GABWA and State Bar of Georgia volunteer service.

Shiriki is excited and honored to serve as this year’s GABWA Vice President, as the organization and its mission are near and dear to her heart.  Aside from Shiriki’s current roles as Vice President, her GABWA leadership has included the following:

• Co-Chair, Community Service Committee (2011)
  • Planned and orchestrated 30 Acts of Community Service to commemorate GABWA’s 30^thAnniversary
• Co-Chair, Inter-Bar Relations Committee (2012)
• Co-Chair, Awards and Sponsorship Committee (2013)
• Co-Chair, Fundraising Committee (2014)
• Chair, Sections Committee (2015)
• Chair, Sections Committee (2016)
• In-House Counsel Section (2017)
• Member at Large and Vice President (2018)        
• Parliamentarian (2019)

Shiriki obtained her Bachelor of Arts in English (cum laude) in 2001 from Dartmouth College and her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 2004. In her spare time, Shiriki and her husband love to travel, listen to and attend jazz concerts and cultural events and enjoy spending quality time with their family and friends.  

Casondra Turner grew up in Decatur, GA and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia with degrees in History and International Relations. In 2013, she obtained her J.D. from Boston University School of Law where she was an editor on the International Law Journal. During law school, Casondra worked part-time with the UCLA Civil Rights Project on school-to-prison pipeline issues and on immigration appeals with a Boston-based immigration firm. 

After graduating, she practiced law at Goodwin Procter in Boston, MA as an associate in the Securities Fraud and White Collar Crime department. In this capacity, she represented companies and individuals in complex civil and criminal cases involving healthcare fraud, contract disputes, and securities fraud. She also litigated immigration cases pro bono and secured asylum for a Honduran domestic violence victim and a Ghanaian facing political persecution. 

In 2017, Casondra relocated to Albany, GA to work as a judicial law clerk, and she became a career law clerk in 2019. Casondra was happy to return to Georgia to be closer to her family in the Atlanta area. Casondra is also an adjunct Criminal Justice Professor at Albany State University. In her spare time, Casondra enjoys travelling and hanging out with her husband and two beautiful boys.

Laverne Lewis Gaskins is employed by Augusta University as a Senior Legal Advisor, and previously served as the Chief Legal Officer (“University Attorney”) for Valdosta State. She is a member of the National Association of University and College Attorneys. A licensed arbitrator and mediator, Gaskins earned her J.D. from Florida State University College of Law. Gaskins is a former Georgia Special Assistant Attorney General, and a former member of the Board of Governors for the State Bar of Georgia. She currently represents GABWA on the Board of Governors of the National Bar Association.  She is currently serving her third term as Editor-In-Chief of the National Bar Association Magazine.  Her articles have appeared in a variety of publications including, the Georgia Bar Journal, National Bar Association Magazine, Campus Legal Advisor, Diverse Magazine,  The International Journal for Education Law and Policy, and The Journal of College and University Law. A Fulbright grant recipient in law, Gaskins has lectured on issues concerning race and the law in Hungary and Canada. In 2014. She presented a lecture/paper on the United States Supreme Court case of Fisher v. Texas at the “Education and the Constitution at 20” conference in South Africa. She served two terms as Secretary and Deputy General Counsel for the Democratic Party of Georgia.  In 2015, Gaskins attended the United Nations Economic and Social Council in Vienna, Austria as a representative of the American Bar Association. She is a Fellow of the American Bar, a 2009 recipient of the State Bar of Georgia’s Justice Benham award for community service, and the 2013 recipient of GABWA’s Zenith Award for Political Action.

Amber Tiffany Jones is a proud Macon, Georgia native and a member of the Macon Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

Amber graduated from Savannah State University earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication with a Minor in Business Management. She also earned an MBA from Wesleyan College and is a 2013 graduate of Leadership Macon. Amber is a 2019 graduate of  Mercer University School of Law. There, she served as Co-President of the Association of Women Law Students, American Bar Association Chair, Black Law Student Association Community Service Chair/ Political Action Chair, and was a member of Mercer Advocacy Council. 

Amber serves the local community through her church ministry ,The Progressive Women’s Ministry, Media Team, & Events Team at New Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and as a sitting Post 1 seat holder of the Macon Democratic Party.

A former WGXA anchor person and news personality, Amber is currently a Contact Negotiator for Lockheed Martin.

Denise M. Cooper is a Savannah native currently working for the City of Savannah as an Assistant City Attorney.  Formerly, Attorney Cooper was in private practice focusing in the general areas of juvenile law, family law, State and Federal criminal law, personal injury, general civil litigation, and probate.  She is a graduate of Spelman College and Thomas M. Cooley Law School.  Attorney Cooper is also a certified Guardian Ad Litem.  Prior to her matriculation to law school, Attorney Cooper was employed with the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles as a P.O.S.T. certified parole officer in Fulton County, Georgia, South Metro office.

With a strong passion for community service and outreach, Attorney Cooper is engaged as a volunteer with various community organizations and agencies – various State Bar of Georgia Committees; Court Appointed Special Advocates (C.A.S.A.), Board Member; Savannah Bar Association; and Past President of Port City Bar Association.  She has served as a High School Mock Trial Team Attorney-Coach and State Competition Judge; Savannah Law School Mock Trial – Competition Judge; Savannah Chatham County Public School System, Audit Committee Member; King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation, Board Member and is a graduate of Leadership Savannah Graduate and Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys Judicial and Political Office Academy Graduate.  She is a recipient of the 2016 Savannah Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Division John B. Miller Award for community service and State Bar of Georgia Commission on Professionalism 2017 Justice Robert Benham Award for community service.

Additionally, Attorney Cooper is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; The Links, Incorporated, National Alumnae Association of Spelman College; and Junior League of Savannah.  Attorney Cooper serves as a Trustee, Director of the Board of Christian Education, and Teen Church Advisor at St. Paul CME Church.

Adria Greene is an Attorney in the Office of General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture where she is a member of the commercial law group. Adria’s primary area of practice is complex commercial litigation involving government contracts, real estate and employment.

Adria is currently the Secretary of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys. She is also a member of the National Bar Association and the Lawyers Club of Atlanta.

Adria is a dedicated community volunteer. She is a member of The Links, Incorporated, Junior League of Atlanta, National Council of Negro Women, Inc. and the Atlanta Wellesley Club.

Adria earned her juris doctor from the University of Michigan Law School and her bachelor of arts in International Relations from Wellesley College. She also holds a diploma in Enterprise Management from the University of Cape Town.

Stephanie Bonner-Wiggins is an attorney as well as a Certified Public Accountant. Her practice revolves around federal and state taxation matters, estate planning and wealth transfer especially with regard to business succession, probate, asset protection planning, business planning, general corporate law and choice of entity formation and organization. She is a member of the Georgia Bar Association.

In 2015, Stephanie received her Juris Doctor from Georgia State University College of Law with the Highest Pro Bono Distinction for completing over 150 hours of pro bono service. During law school, she was a student attorney in the Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic and Bankruptcy Assistance & Practice Program. She also served on the Executive Board of the Public Interest Law Association and was a member of the Black Law Students Association.

Prior to law school, Stephanie worked as a Real Estate Fund Controller at Morgan Stanley and was responsible for the overall accounting, reporting and operations for a $250 million global private equity real estate fund. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, she was a Senior Audit Associate at CohnReznick. She has over eight years of experience working with both public and private companies in real estate and banking industries. She was a member of the Georgia Society of CPAs and National Association of Black Accountants. Stephanie attended Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance.

Stephanie has been an active member of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA) since 2012. She participated in the Professional Development Academy in 2015. She will continue to serve GABWA as Treasurer.

Terrica Redfield Ganzy is the Southern Center for Human Rights’ (SCHR) Deputy Director, where she focuses on elevating SCHR’s mission, assisting the executive director with coordination of SCHR’s strategy and programs, developing strategic partnerships, cultivating donor relationships, and planning major fundraising events.

Prior to becoming SCHR’s Deputy Director, Terrica was SCHR’s Development Director for four years and a Staff Attorney for nine years in SCHR’s Capital Litigation Unit, where her work focused on representing clients on death row in Georgia and Alabama. For five years, she also served as the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Death Penalty Resource Counsel, providing training and resources to capital defense attorneys throughout the nation. 

Terrica received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and an LL.M. in trial advocacy from Temple University Beasley School of Law. She received a B.A. in English and Humanities, summa cum laude, from Tougaloo College. She is admitted to practice law in North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States Supreme Court. She will complete a Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Social Enterprise at Georgia State University in May 2020.

Terrica is a graduate of Leadership Clayton, a member of the 2015 Class of the Georgia Center for Nonprofits’ High Potential Diverse Leaders, a 2014 New Leaders Council Fellow, and a graduate of Georgia’s WIN List’s Leadership Academy. She is President of the Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) Board of Directors, and she is a member of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation’s (CDPL) board of directors and the board of directors of the Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Terrica is also a member of the State Bar of Georgia’s Professionalism Committee. Terrica has served the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA) in many capacities since 2006; she currently and proudly serves as Vice-President of Programs. 

Shatorree Bates is the founder and managing attorney at Bates Law Firm, LLC in Atlanta where she primarily represents families in family law cases involving divorce, custody, visitation, property division and financial support. She has ten (10) years of litigation experience and has managed 1,000’s of cases, including in her firm, during her tenure as a Staff Attorney at Fulton County Superior Court and while working in a large law firm in Atlanta. 

Shatorree has over twenty (20) years of broad experience which includes her service as a Guardian ad Litem, representing individual and business creditors and debtors in the Atlanta Division of the Northern District of Georgia Federal Court, managing businesses, counseling clients on family, financial and personal matters and teaching college courses.  Prior to obtaining her juris doctorate (JD) degree and being admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, Shatorree worked as a law clerk for a judge and interned in the district attorney’s office, in juvenile court, and at a transactional law firm.  In addition to her JD, Shatorree has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, an Associate of Arts degree and is a Registered Neutral (Mediator) in Georgia.

Since being admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 2008, Shatorree has published many articles, chaired and presented continuing legal education seminars and is a frequent speaker on successfully launching law firms, sound financial management and substantive family law topics.   Shatorree founded and chaired GABWA’s Woman-to-Woman attorney mentoring program and founded the State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyer’s Division Solo/Small Firm Committee. Shatorree has received numerous awards for her service to the bar and to the community. Currently, Shatorree proudly serves as GABWA’s Parliamentarian and has also serves on the executive boards of the Multi-Bar Leadership Council and Gate City Bar Association.  When she is not working, she enjoys traveling, partaking in the arts, volunteering, visiting new restaurants, playing volleyball and spending time with loved ones.  

A member of GABWA since 2014, Ms. Marcee L. Campbell has consistently participated in GABWA’s Judicial Review Committee and Sister2Sister Mentoring Program.  She currently serves as the Elections Chair, and in the past has served as a Community Service Co-Chair and on the Glitter Gala and Political Action Committees.  Marcee is a proud graduate of Albany State University and Howard University School of Law.  Upon graduating from law school, Marcee commenced a career in education that led to her becoming an Assistant Legal Officer in Legal Affairs and the Charter School Coordinator for the DeKalb County School District.  Currently, Marcee is the Senior Staff Attorney to the Honorable Courtney L. Johnson in the Superior Court of DeKalb County.Her experience to-date includes a solid foundation of knowledge in legal research and analysis, educational policy, charter school governance, contracts and government and municipality law.  She has also attained experience with internal investigations, negotiations, and policy development.  Marcee enjoys engaging in community service activities and pro bono work in her community, visiting beaches, cooking, and spending time with her family and college sweetheart, Elam.

Rita Treadwell is a Research Attorney at Greenberg Traurig, a global law firm. She has previously practiced law at a large insurance defense firm well known in Atlanta legal community. Ms. Treadwell’s prior practice was concentrated on the representation of financial institutions and special servicers in connection with distressed real estate loans, including the pursuit of foreclosure, asset assessment and post-judgment collections. Ms. Treadwell is active in her community serving on several boards and holding various leadership positions. She currently serves as the Chair of GABWA’s Judicial Review Committee, Chair of the Junior League of Atlanta’s Endowment Fund Board. She is a board member on the GABWA Foundation Board, the DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Druid Hills High School Foundation Board, the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta, Fulton County Advisory Board and served as the 2018 President of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys.

Education

• M.L.I.S., Library Science, Clark Atlanta University
• J.D., Samford University-Cumberland School of Law, CLEO Fellow
• B.A., Political Science, Hampton University, cum laude

Bar & Court Admissions, Professional Memberships, and Community Activities

• State of Georgia Bar
• Northern District of Georgia
• American Bar Association, Member
• Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, President, 2018
• Foundation Board, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
• Junior League of Atlanta, Trustee
• Boys and Girls Club, Metro Atlanta
• GABWA/GALP Civil Pro Bono Project

Victoria Hicks is currently a 2L at the University of Georgia School of Law. A native of Stone Mountain, Georgia, Victoria graduated from Spelman College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in December of 2017. Currently, Victoria is the Vice-President of the Davenport-Benham Black Law Student Association, a member of the Georgia Law Mock Trial Team, and an Editorial Board member on the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. Upon graduating from law school, Victoria plans to pursue a career in litigation.