Shiriki Cavitt Jones currently serves as a Commercial Transactions Attorney for Coyote Logistics, LLC, a UPS Company, where she is responsible for handling commercial deals and agreements, working with business stakeholders to identify and analyze potential business risks and recommending risk mitigation strategies. 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 Coyote, Shiriki was 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.

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 began her practice as 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 former 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 Chair of the COVID-19 Virtual Planning Special Committee 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 President-Elect and a Director on the GABWA Foundation, as these organizations and their missions are near and dear to her heart. Aside from Shiriki’s current roles, 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 30thAnniversary

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)

Vice President (2020)

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.

Terrica Redfield Ganzy is Executive Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights’ (SCHR), where she leads the SCHR team in carrying out its mission to dramatically transform the criminal legal system through direct representation, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education.

Prior to becoming SCHR’s Executive Director, Terrica served in several different roles at SCHR, most recently as Deputy Director, helping to coordinate SCHR’s strategy and programs. Terrica also served as SCHR’s development director, designing and leading SCHR’s development strategy and building strategic partnerships. For nine years, Terrica served as a Staff Attorney 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 received a Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Social Enterprise from Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Public Policy. 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.

Terrica is a member of Leadership Atlanta Class of 2022, 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 serves as Vice-President of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation’s Board of Directors and as President-Elect of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys’ (GABWA). Terrica also serves as Vice-President of the State Bar of Georgia’s Professionalism Committee and as a member of the State Bar’s Seeking Equal Justice and Addressing Racism and Racial Bias Committee. She is also a member of the Judicial Council of Georgia’s Access to Justice Committee.

Ms. Edmondson-Cooper, a bilingual federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of the Solicitor (SOL), litigates labor & employment enforcement matters focusing on cases involving violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the “H” provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act—provisions regulating the working conditions of guest workers who enter the U.S. via temporary work visas, a significant number of whom are limited English proficient —, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, Mine Safety and Health Act & other federal labor laws. Additionally, Ms. Edmondson-Cooper counsels the Southeast Region DOL Wage and Hour Division on U and T Visa certifications for victims of labor trafficking and other qualifying criminal activities and serves as an in-house subject-matter expert on language access/limited English proficiency issues within SOL as well as its several client-agencies, including but not limited to the Wage and Hour Division, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

A former legal interpreter and legal aid attorney, Ms. Edmondson-Cooper also spends a significant amount of time working to alleviate language access as an access to justice (A2J) and due process issue.  With over a decade of language access experience, Ms.

Edmondson-Cooper is the President and Chief A2J Officer of Edmondson Consulting, LLC , which seeks to improve access, promote equity, and preserve justice by providing A2J/language access consultation services to stakeholders nationwide. Ms. Edmondson- Cooper has contributed to the development of local, state, and federal language access policies and the development of state and national curricula for training attorneys and judges on language access as an A2J issue. Appointed by the Supreme Court of Georgia, Ms. Edmondson-Cooper is a member of the Court’s Commission on Interpreters. She led the development of a model administrative protocol (MAP)– the first of its kind in Georgia – which assists the state’s judiciary (a non-unified court system) with the provision of quality language services for LEP persons and persons with disabilities. The Judicial Council of Georgia unanimously approved the MAP as a model guide for all Georgia Courts and it was released to all Georgia courts in 2020. In addition to judicial entities, Ms. Edmondson-Cooper has worked successfully with school districts, law enforcement agencies, and other entities to develop and implement efficient, comprehensive, written A2J/language access policies.

Ms. Edmondson-Cooper has authored several publications on language access, including “Chapter 11: Appointing Qualified Interpreters” in the 2016 Georgia State Court Benchbook which has been adopted and is used currently by the majority of Georgia’s other classes of court. As a member of the Judicial Council of Georgia’s Access to Justice Committee (formerly Access, Fairness, Public Trust, and Confidence Committee “AFPTCC”), Ms. Edmondson-Cooper contributed to the development of the Access to Justice Committee’s 2017 ADA Judicial Handbook, a comprehensive judicial guide to court access for persons with disabilities. Currently, she serves on the Committee’s sub-committee charged with improving access to Georgia’s courts for persons who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing and who released a new bench card regarding court accessibility for persons with disabilities in April 2020.

Ms. Edmondson-Cooper is a seasoned A2J consultant and has been invited by several national and state organizations to discuss access to justice and language access challenges and solutions. Those entities include the American Bar Association, National Association of Judicial Interpreters and Translators, National Consortium of Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, National Center for State Courts Council of Language Access Coordinators, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Trustee’s Office, U.S. Department of Education, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc., Georgia Legal Services Program, Georgia Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, Georgia Commission on Family Violence, the Supreme Court of Georgia Commission on Interpreters, and the Supreme Court of Georgia Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism. Ms. Edmondson also serves as a Faculty member for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

Ms. Edmondson-Cooper’s advocacy and commitment to access, equity, and justice have been acknowledged widely including recognition by the Daily Report (Georgia’s leading legal publication) as one of “40 Under 40” rising legal stars to watch, recognition by former Governor Nathan Deal and the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, selection as an American Bar Foundation Fellow, and recognition by the National Bar Association and the American Bar Association as one of the nation’s top lawyers who exemplify a broad range of high achievement in innovation, vision, leadership and legal and community involvement.

Ms. Edmondson-Cooper is a graduate of Spelman College and Mississippi College School of Law. She is also a graduate of GABWA’s Professional Development Academy and Judicial and Public Office Academy (JPOA). She served as Chair of JPOA in 2018.

Imani J. Carter is originally from New Castle, Pennsylvania. Imani received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology and Investigations from West Virginia University. She relocated to Athens, Georgia in 2012 in order to pursue her Juris Doctor degree. Imani attended the University of Georgia School of Law and graduated in 2015. During law school she was a part of GABWA as a student member and other student-led organizations. Upon graduating with her J.D., Imani began her legal career as a Public Defender at the Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office in Athens, Georgia, and this is where she currently practices. 

Over the past 6 years as an attorney, Imani has built and strengthened her litigation, trial, and negotiation skills. She has an extensive amount of trial experience, defending her clients from misdemeanor and felony charges. Imani works zealously to be the voice for people who often feel their voices go unheard. Outside of work, Imani devotes her time to advocating for the community of Athens. She is a Board Member for Envision Athens and serves on its Implementation and Oversight Committee and Administrative Committee. Imani is a devoted member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and volunteers her time supporting social and racial justice. 

She is a mentor for future lawyers through the University of Georgia School of Law’s Alumni Mentorship Program. In addition to mentoring law students, Imani regularly speaks on panels focused on her law career and with high school students about their opportunities after graduation. Imani attends Timothy Baptist Church and serves as its Dance Ministry Leader. In her free time, Imani also runs a website, a lifestyle blog, and a YouTube channel. She truly enjoys reading, playing with her dog, working out, watching movies, and hanging with her friends.

Amber Brantley was born in Savannah, Georgia, and was raised in Clyo, Georgia. After graduation she moved to Valdosta, Georgia and received her Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Georgia Military College in December 2008; and her Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and Minor in Paralegal Assistant Studies from Valdosta State University in May of 2010. Mrs. Brantley worked as an Administrative Assistant for the Public Defender’s Office in Valdosta, GA from 2010-2012, and during that time she attended University of Phoenix online and obtained her Master’s Degree in Administration in Justice and Security. Mrs. Brantley’s dream was to peruse law, and that dream became reality in May of 2015 when she graduated and obtained her Juris Doctorate from Florida Costal School of Law. Mrs. Brantley passed the bar and is licensed to practice law in Georgia. 

Mrs. Brantley is currently an Assistant District Attorney for Columbia County, and serves as team lead of Judge Sheryl Jolly’s trial team. Mrs. Brantley was formerly an Assistant District Attorney for the Southern Judicial Circuit for four years in Valdosta, Georgia, and formerly an Assistant Solicitor General for Richmond County in Augusta, Georgia. She served as trial team leader for Judge Kellie McIntyre’s Courtroom. Mrs. Brantley was the chosen prosecutor to help assist in the creation of the Domestic Violence Accountability Court in Richmond County, and to facilitate that program through prosecution. 

Mrs. Brantley is a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success, National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), the Augusta Bar Association, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA), Augusta Conference of African American Attorneys (ACAAA), and Young Lawyers Association. Mrs. Brantley is a member of the 2020 graduation class of the Judicial and Public Office Academy. Also, she has been accepted into the 2022 Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy, and will graduate in Leadership of Augusta Class of 2022. The Prosecuting Attorneys Council selected her for the Leadership Challenge in 2020 and Train the Trainer in 2019. Mrs. Brantley teaches for the Prosecuting Attorneys Council at Basic Litigation, from Stop to State Court, and Fundamentals of Prosecution. Amber Brantley was named Top 10 in 10 of Young Professionals to Watch in Augusta, Georgia in 2021. She was also named Georgia’s Trend 40 under 40 in 2021. Amber Brantley was featured in an article in Augusta Chronicles and The Augusta Press. 

Mrs. Brantley resides in Augusta, Georgia and is six years married to Camry Brantley and has two beautiful children Ky’Mani Brantley and Marlee Brantley. Mrs. Brantley is active in her church, Ray of Hope, and loves to serve the community. In her spare time, she loves to spend time with family and friends, to travel, and go to on adventures. 

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 and Communications Director of the Macon Democratic Party. She also is a national presenter on Change Management Strategy. Additionally, Amber volunteers with local campaigns in Macon-Bibb County. 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, in house-in counsel as an Assistant City Attorney. Attorney Cooper is the first African-American woman in this position with the City of Savannah. Formerly, Attorney Cooper was in private practice, Cooper Law, focusing in the general areas of juvenile law, family law, State and Federal criminal law, personal injury, general civil litigation, and probate. Attorney Cooper is a graduate of Alfred Ely Beach High School. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Spelman College and a Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. She is a current member of the State Bar of Georgia, United States District Court of the Southern District of Georgia and the Georgia Court of Appeals. 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 – State Bar of Georgia Committees: Children and the Courts (2019 – present); Local and Voluntary

Bars (2016 – present); ICivics (2015-2016); and Committee to Promote Inclusion in the Profession (2014-2015); Court Appointed Special Advocates (C.A.S.A.) Board (2014- 2018); Savannah Bar Association; Port City Bar Association, President (2015-2016); Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, Vice President Savannah Region; Mock Trial Team – Savannah High School, attorney-coach and State Competition Judge; Savannah Law School Mock Trial – Competition Judge; Savannah Chatham County Public School System, Audit Committee Chair; King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation Board (2015-2019); Leadership Savannah Graduate; Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys Judicial and Political Office Academy Graduate; Savannah Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Division recipient of the John B. Miller Award for community service; State Bar of Georgia, Commission on Professionalism Justice Robert Benham Award for community service; an inaugural recipient of The Savannah Sisterhood Symposium Award in the field of legal services.

Additionally, Attorney Cooper is an active member in various organizations

including Gamma Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (President 2019-2020), The Savannah (GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated (Vice- President), Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated, Incorporated (Chair – National Trends and Service Facet), National Alumnae Association of Spelman College – Savannah Chapter (President), and Junior League of Savannah – Sustainer – Diversity Inclusion Committee Member. Attorney Cooper serves as a Trustee, Director of the Board of Christian Education, and Teen Church Advisor at St. Paul CME Church.

“To whom much is given, much is required.”

Roodgine D. Bray is a Partner with the Davis Bozeman Law Firm, PC where she leads the firm’s Litigation Team.  A native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Attorney Bray is fluent in Haitian Creole. She graduated from Clayton State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice earned her Juris Doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

​Attorney Bray is a graduate of the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyer’s Leadership Academy. She is a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) and the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA) where she currently serves as the Secretary.

As an undergraduate student at Clayton State University, Attorney Bray served as the President of both the Student Government Association and the Tau Epsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

As a law student, Attorney Bray served as an Associate Editor for the Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical Law, Corresponding Secretary of the Black Law Student Association (BLSA), a member of the Mock Trial and Moot Court Boards. She also served as a Trial Skills Teacher Assistant, Graduation Marshall, and Law School Ambassador. Attorney Bray was a BLSA Mock Trial Champion and competed in the BLSA National Mock Trial Team.  

She studied abroad in South Africa and interned at Roux de Wet du Plessis Law Firm in Pretoria, South Africa. She served as a law clerk for the Criminal Division Chief at the State of Michigan Attorney General’s Office. She also served as a Pro Bono Junior Associate in the Service to Soldiers Program where she volunteered to help brief deploying troops. 

Attorney Bray empowers the community and youth by educating them about their civil rights. She has been a guest panelist at V-103’s “Know Your Rights When Encountering the Police” Town Hall Meeting and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated Henry County Alumnae Chapter’s civil rights forum. Additionally, Attorney Bray has served as a guest speaker at Clayton State University for “Remember the Titan’s Forgotten Faces” – a dialogue about forgotten injustices and how to interact with the police. Attorney Bray volunteers with Save Ourselves (SOS) legal clinic where she provides free consultations. Attorney Bray is the inaugural President of the Atlanta Chapter of SisterCARE Alliance – an organization created to support women and to promote social activism and self-care as a strategic contribution to the lives of women.  Attorney Bray has been selected by the National Black Lawyers Association as a member of 2017 Top 40 Under 40.  

Attorney Bray is married to Earl Bray and is a proud mother to their daughters, Elise and Elisabeth. She is the co-founder of the Haitian-American Lawyers Association of Georgia (HALAGA) where she currently serves as the President. She also serves on the Clayton State University Alumni Board. She is an active member of Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church and the Covington Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. 

Stephanie Bonner-Wiggins is an associate at Richter, Head, Shinall, White & Slotkin, LLP as well as a Certified Public Accountant. She is a member of the Georgia Bar Association. 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.

In 2015, she 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.

Gillian S. Crowl is a Senior Litigation Associate with Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP. She focuses her practice primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, trucking litigation, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, insurance coverage, premises liability, bad faith litigation, construction defect, ERISA and other life, health and disability matters. Gillian represents clients throughout Georgia and North Carolina. She also serves on the firm’s community service committee and oversees the firm’s annual food drive for the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Gillian is very active within the legal community. In addition to her roles with the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA), she serves as the Chair of the Nominating Committee for the National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division (WLD), and previously served as the Deputy Director of Region XI of the National Bar Association. She also co-chairs the trucking section of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. She is a member of the Lawyer’s Club of Atlanta, American Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, and North Carolina State Bar Association. She also participates regularly in the community service and social justice ministries at Cascade United Methodist Church.

A transplant to Atlanta, Gillian was born in Jamaica and raised in The Bronx, New York. Gillian earned her undergraduate degree and Master of Public Administration from Cornell University and her law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

Simone N. Hylton is a Deputy District Attorney with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office under the leadership of District Attorney Fani T. Willis. Ms. Hylton heads the Brenda Baham Domestic Violence Unit. This unit is responsible for the prosecution of intimate partner cases to include battery, aggravated assaults and homicides. Prior to her position in the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, she served as a Senior Assistant District Attorney’s Office in the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office in the Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault unit and the Sexual Exploitation and Crimes Against Children Unit.  

Ms. Hylton has handled cases ranging from drug offenses to homicide cases.   Ms.  Hylton started her prosecution career in 2010 at the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. While at the Fulton County District Attorney’s office, Ms. Hylton received several awards to include the Major Case Rookie of the Year award, the Trial Unit Attorney of the Year award and was selected as a Rising Star in the Fulton County District Attorney’s office in 2012. 

Originally born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. Ms. Hylton made Georgia her home after graduating law school. Ms. Hylton received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Legal Communications from Howard University in 2004. She received her Juris Doctorate from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 2008. Currently, Ms. Hylton serves as the Vice President of Programs for the National Black Prosecutors Association; Past President of the Greater Atlanta Black Prosecutors Association; Vice President of Programs for the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys; and Secretary of the DeKalb Lawyers Association.  Ms. Hylton is an Adjunct Professor at Emory University School of Law where she teaches trial techniques. Ms. Hylton is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc and serves her sorority through the Atlanta Suburban Alumnae Chapter. Ms. Hylton is a member of Cascade United Methodist Church in Southwest Atlanta, Georgia. 

With over 10 years of experience as a trial lawyer and an extensive background in advocacy and litigation, Maria expanded her professional sphere to include public policy because that is where, she believes, real change is made. From managing political campaigns to advising elected officials, she has had the opportunity to shape policy at the state and local levels. In addition to her law practice, she serves as the Legislative and Research Analyst for the Georgia Democratic House Caucus and Chief of Staff to State Representative Bee Nguyen.

In working with legislators at the Georgia General Assembly, she has been able to use her real-life experience as a lawyer to bring a practical understanding and much-needed perspective to new, progressive policy-making.

She has learned to look at every case file with an open mind and an open heart. She sees crime as another symptom of a greater problem in this country–one that cannot be solved by the Criminal Justice System alone. She believes that in order to get to the root of the problem, we must invest in our communities and focus on being proactive rather than reactive. This is a philosophy that colored her work as a progressive prosecutor and a public defender.

For six years, she served the DeKalb County community, both in the Office of the DeKalb Solicitor General and the Office of the DeKalb District Attorney. She took on the types of cases that many lawyers shy away from, often representing people who our society looks down upon. Serving in the Special Victim Unit of the Solicitor-General’s Office and Elder Abuse Unit of the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office, she prosecuted domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, animal cruelty, and elder abuse and exploitation cases. 

Prior to her work as a prosecutor, she served in the Newton County Public Defender’s Office, providing legal representation for individuals accused of a variety of serious crimes. As she sees it, one of the things that really separates America from so many other places in the world, is the belief that every person charged with a crime deserves adequate legal representation. Even when an individual is guilty, we must take care to protect their liberties and provide forward-looking, equitable prosecution.

She earned her Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School, focusing on international human rights and civil rights law. She truly considers herself a citizen of the world and have traveled abroad to study international human rights law, women’s rights, and international trade law in the Isreal/West Bank area and Guadalajara, Mexico. Before that, she attended Agnes Scott College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Africana Studies.

A member of GABWA since 2014, Mrs. Marcee L. Campbell has been a consistent presence on GABWA’s Board of Directors and several committees. She currently serves as the Elections Committee Chair and Judicial Review Committee Co-Chair. She has also served as a Sister2Sister Mentor since 2015. Marcee is a proud graduate of Albany State University and Howard University School of Law, and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Upon graduating from law school, she commenced a career in education that led to her becoming an Assistant Legal Officer in Legal Affairs and Charter School Coordinator for the DeKalb County School District. Since 2016, Marcee has served as Senior Staff Attorney to the Honorable Courtney L. Johnson in the Superior Court of DeKalb County.  Her experience includes a solid foundation of knowledge in civil and domestic law, legal research and analysis, and policy development and implementation. She has also attained experience in employee relations and conducting internal investigations. Marcee enjoys serving her community, visiting beaches, and spending time with her family and college sweetheart (husband), Elam.

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.