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Education

• Juris Doctor, 1995 – Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida
• Bachelor of Music, 1986 – University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of Georgia
• Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
• Supreme Court of the State of Georgia
• United Stated Federal Court, Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

Summary

Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Phyllis R. Williams came to Atlanta in 1995 to practice law. She has been a trial attorney for most of her legal career. After graduating from University of Florida, she spent six years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania working in the automobile insurance industry as a licensed insurance salesperson and later as a claims representative for State Farm Insurance Companies. She left Philadelphia and returned to the south to study law and moved to Atlanta, Georgia to become a trial lawyer. After earning her law degree Phyllis began her professional career at the law firm of Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers practicing insurance defense handling automobile and property litigation.

In 1997 Ms. Williams opened her law firm and has represented people who have been injured by someone else’s negligence, and family law disputes. She has litigated cases ranging from auto accidents, to premises liability, to products liability. As a family lawyer she has handled contentious and complex litigation involving division of property, custody, child support, alimony, domestic abuse, paternity, legitimation, and deprivations.

Ms. Williams participate at all levels of local and nations bar organizations and other law related community activities, including:

• DeKalb Bar Association
• DeKalb Lawyers Association
• Atlanta Bar Association
• Gate City Bar Association
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
• Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
• Georgia Association of Women Lawyers

Ms. Williams has lectured and presented seminars on case preparation and appeals and has been an adjunct professor at Georgia State University College of Business. Ms. Williams is a classically trained pianist and an avid athlete. She has completed two marathons and medaled in the Georgia Games in racquetball.

Notables:

• Adjunct Professor, Georgia State University College of Business
• Judicial Hearing Officer, DeKalb County Human Resources and Merit System
• Board of Directors, DeKalb Bar Association
• Course Chairman, DeKalb County Parent Attorney Committee
• Co-Author, DeKalb County Parent Attorney Training Manual
• Board of Directors, South DeKalb YMCA