EDUCATION:
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Oxford College of Emory University:
Associates of Arts Degree
- Honor graduate
- Conduct Counsel
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Emory University in Atlanta:
Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting
- Top honor graduate (shared with classmate)
- Graduate of highest distinction
- President of Beta Alpha Si, Accounting Honor Society
- Mortar Board
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
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University of Georgia School of Law:
Juris Doctor
- Magna Cum Laude graduate
- Order of the Coif, top 10% of graduating class
- Law Review Editorial Board
- Book award for highest grade in trusts and estates
WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Arthur Young, international accounting firm: Audit division for two summers.
- Stophel & Stophel, P.C., Chattanooga, TN., associate: Practice centered on tax matters, estate planning, mergers and acquisitions, and probate.
- Robert A. Whitlow, Attorneys at Law: Practice focused on wills, trusts, estate planning and probate administration. Practice also included general, corporate, and business transactions (part-time practice).
- Blevins & Blevins, P.C. firm member: Practice focused on wills, trusts, estate planning and probate administration.
- Probate Judge Whitfield County, Georgia, January 2009 to present: Jurisdiction includes decedents (those who have passed away) estates, incapacitated adults and minors, minor settlements, weapons carry licenses, marriage licenses, traffic citations, and DNR (Department of Natural Resources) citations in the unincorporated areas of Whitfield County.
TEACHING AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Carl Vinson Institute of Government: Instructor of fellow probate judges
- Probate Judges’ Council: Instructor for probate court clerks
- Vice-chairman of the Weapons Carry License Committee of the Probate Judges’ Council of Georgia