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the necessary time in using my best efforts to represent you."
CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Gary Wilson Jones is a trial and appellate attorney. After graduating from law school in the summer of 1989 and passing the state bar at the same time, Mr. Jones served briefly as an Assistant District Attorney, Special Attorney General, and, more recently, as an Assistant Solicitor. In between and after those positions he managed a successful general practice in Paulding and Cobb Counties, handling a wide variety of civil and criminal cases, comparable to that of a small to medium sized law firm. He has litigated heavily in such diverse areas as contracts, construction & liens, debt collection, divorce, employment law, guardianships, juvenile proceedings, personal injury, probate matters, and property damage claims, as well as participating in complex class action litigation in the nineties. He has incorporated numerous companies, both profit and non-profit businesses, settled individual six figure insurance claims, such as slip and fall in grocery stores, and represented clients like Inner Harbor Hospital all the way down to small service companies for debt collection.
In criminal defense, Mr. Jones has represented clients charged with everything from D.U.I. to murder. Many of his clients are acquitted through jury trials, beginning with the murder case of State v. Crowe in Paulding County in 1991. He has had particular success in defending clients on drug charges, notably Schedule I and Schedule II drugs, which include cocaine and marijuana. Mr. Jones has been trained, and has represented a defendant, in death penalty litigation, in both the trial and appeal of the case. See, Baines v. State, 276 Ga. 117 (2003). But no case is too small, and Gary especially enjoys helping teenagers charged with traffic offenses, such as speeding and reckless driving, which can cause their license to be suspended for six months or longer. In that regard, Mr. Jones makes sure he attends yearly seminars to stay current on the ever changing traffic, automobile insurance, and driver license suspension laws in Georgia.
Mr. Jones has been successful in winning a number of criminal appeals beginning with Elder v. State, 208 Ga. App. 20 (1993). He is a dedicated appellate attorney. In 2003, Gary won “The Case Of The Year” award from the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for his team work with the Southern Center For Human Rights in appeals to The Georgia Court of Appeals and The Supreme Court of Georgia, ultimately leading to a prisoner’s freedom and media exposure of his inept public defender, who, subsequently, was sent to prison himself. Heath v. State, 258 Ga. App. 612 (2002), State v. Heath, 277 Ga. 337 (2003), and Heath v. State, 268 Ga. App. 235 (2004). Some of Gary’s trial and appellate motions have been reproduced by Judge John J. Goger of The Fulton County Superior Court and incorporated in “Georgia Criminal Trial Practice Forms.” Attorney Gary Jones has also taught at North Central Georgia Law Enforcement Academy and has appeared on television and in The Daily Report. He is a Knight Templar and a member of Sandy Plains Baptist Church.
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
1989 Admitted to State & Local Bar
1990 Admitted to Georgia Court of Appeals
1990 Admitted to Supreme Court of Georgia
1991 Admitted to U.S. Dist. Court (Northern Dist.)
1991 Admitted to U.S. Court of Appeals (11th Cir.)
Member of Georgia and Cobb County Bar Associations
Member of General Practice and Trial Section of Georgia Bar
Member of Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Gary Wilson Jones is a trial and appellate attorney. After graduating from law school in the summer of 1989 and passing