Meet Nicole
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Nicole (She/Her/Hers) is a 2017 Graduate of Georgia State University. Nicole earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice. While at Georgia State University she was a member of the Criminal Justice Student Association, Alpha Phi Sigma (Criminal Justice Honor Society), and was on the Dean’s List for multiple semesters.
While an Undergrad at Georgia State, Nicole was an intern for the City of Atlanta’s Public Defender Office. There she assisted in scheduling new client meetings with investigators, conducting individual new client investigation meetings, and observed court hearings.
After receiving her degree from Georgia State she began her career with the Lynch Law Group, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia. There she began her legal career as a Paralegal. In 2019 she was promoted to Law Clerk. Lynch Law Group, Inc. was managed by Diana Lynch, Esq. The firm focused on Civil & Business Law Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, Family Law, and Estate Planning matters.
During her Law School career, Nicole served as a Summer Law Clerk to the Honorable Mike Jacobs of the Dekalb County State Court, in Decatur, Georgia. Nicole prepared bench briefs and memorandum for cases on the Judge’s calendar by reviewing pleadings, and conducting legal research. Nicole prepared Order for the Judge’s review and consideration. She further worked closely with the Judge and Staff Attorney to discuss legal questions, construction of documents, and disposition of Motions. She was a Paralegal for Swift, Currie, McGheee & Hiers, LLP, in Atlanta, Georgia. There she worked in the Civil Litigation group, assisting in representing clients in tort defense cases.
Nicole is a 2022 Juris Doctor Graduate of Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. Nicole was a member of the part-time evening division. Nicole worked during the day, and went to school at night. While at John Marshall she received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Contracts I. Nicole achieve the highest score ever attained on the Contracts I exam for the entirety of Professor Jeffrey Van Detta’s over 20 year teaching career. This record has been unbroken. Nicole was highly involved in on-campus activities. Nicole was the president of OUT Law & Allies, a Student Ambassador, a member of Phi Alpha Delta (Law Fraternity), a member of John Marshall's Georgia Association of Women Lawyers chapter, a Title IX Victim Advocate, and Peer Mentor.
While a student at John Marshall, Nicole received the Kay Young Scholarship from the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia, and attended Lavender Law, the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association’s Annual Conference. She was also a Student Attorney volunteering with Cobb Legal Aid, to take a Pro Bono divorce case, in Cobb County Superior Court. This case required Nicole to negotiate a Consent Temporary Order, file multiple Motions for Contempt, seek an Order of Incarceration, prepare her client and an Expert Witness, Mediate the Case, and complete a Final Hearing / Trial on the case. She also took a Pro Bono name change case for her transgender client, in Douglas County Superior Court.
Nicole is admitted to the Georgia Bar and is able to practice in all Georgia Trial Courts (Magistrate, State, Superior, Juvenile, and Statewide Business Courts), the Court of Appeal of Georgia, the Supreme Court of Georgia, the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Nicole is an active member of the recovery and LGBTQ+ communities and serves on the Board of Directors of the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia. She is a mother to Captain CAThyrn Janeway, her Tuxedo Cat, and John Thurgood Marshall, her Beagle.