Margaret Washburn
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Lawrenceville, GA
Family Law, Criminal Law, Personal Injury, Worker's Compensation
4799 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Building J, Lawrenceville, GA 30044
About Margaret Washburn
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Criminal Law
- Personal Injury
- Worker's Compensation
Education
- Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, 1979J.D.
- Oglethorpe University, 1976B.A.
- Honors: cum laude
Classes and Seminars
- Family Law Institute, Speaker, 2014 - 2015
- Some People Call it Love; Others Call it Stalking, Fun Facts About TPOs, Atlanta Bar Association Middle Income Divorce 2010 Seminar
- Mediation and Guardian Ad Litem Programs: Alternatives and Options in Domestic Matters, Key Issues in Family Law in Georgia Seminar, July 22, 1993
Qualifications
Other Affiliations
- Council of Municipal Court Judges Training Council, 2016 - Present (Chair)
- Serve as Special Master by appointment by the Supreme Court of Georgia
- Criminal Justice Reform Committee; Probation Sub-committee (Member)
- Judicial Council Standing Committee on Education and Training (Member)
- Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Inn of Court (Master)
- ICJE Municipal Court Judges Training Council, 2015 - 2017 (Speaker, Instructor)
- Gwinnett County Bar Association Newsletter (Sr. Contributing Editor)
- Council for Municipal Court Judges of Georgia News Bulletin (Past Editor)
- Council of Municipal Court Judges Executive Committee (Past Dist. 9 Rep)
- Council of Municipal Court Judges of Georgia, 1998 (Past President)
- Gwinnett County Bar Association (Past President)
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta
- State Bar of Georgia (Consumer Assistance Program)
- State Bar of Georgia (Bench and Bar Committee)
- Statewide Judiciary Committee Civil E-Filing Steering Committee
- State Bar of Georgia (Member, Family Law Section)
- State Bar of Georgia (Member, Workers Compensation Section)
- Gwinnett County Pro-Bono Project Advisory Committee
- State Bar of Georgia, Georgia Mock Trial Competition (Coach, Judge)
- National Association of Women Judges
- State Bar of Georgia (Vice Chair, Local Bar Activities Committee)
- State Bar of Georgia (Pro-Bono Advisory Committee)
- State Bar of Georgia, Chief Justice's Committee on Professionalism
- State Bar of Georgia, Chief Justice's Committee on Professionalism
- State Bar of Georgia, Law Practice Management Program Committee
- State Bar of Georgia, Next Generation of Courts Committee
Past Positions
- Municipal Court for the City of Sugar Hill, Chief Judge, 1991 - 2018
- Municipal Court for the City of Duluth, Associate Judge, 2005 - 2018
- Municipal Court for the City of Duluth, Chief Judge, 1985 - 2005
- Municipal Court for the City of Berkeley Lake, Associate Judge, 2018
- Municipal Court for the City of Buford, Judge, 2000 - 2007
- City of Norcross, Interim Judge, 1988
- Washburn & Washburn, Attorneys at Law, 1985 - 1996
- Margaret Gettle Washburn, 1983 - 1985
- DeKalb County Solicitor's Office, Assistant Solicitor, 1981 - 1983
- Lamb & Associates, Associate, 1980 - 1981
- Chief Judge Thomas L. Camp, Fulton County State Court, Staff Attorney, 1979 - 1980
Office Info
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