Attorney Profile Cynthia Wright Harrison, Attorney
Summary of Qualifications
Co-Chair of the In-House Training Committee Fulton County Public Defender's Office - Responsible for conducting, implementing and arranging on going training for attorneys in the trial division of the office. Training Liaison for the Atlanta Solicitor's Office Atlanta, GA Educated Atlanta police recruit classes regarding city ordinances and suppression issues.
Education
- Howard University School of Law - Washington, D.C.
JurisDoctorate
- Howard University Law Journal, The Effects of Sections 2 and 5 of the Voting Rights Amendment on Voting Practices
- Moot Court Finalist
- Pepperdine University School of Law Malibu, CA
Bachelors of Arts
- Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Professional Experience
- Fulton County Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, GA - Senior Appellate Attorney / Trial Attorney
- The Harrison Firm, Stone Mountain, GA - Senior Partner
- The Law Firm of Harrison & Golden, P.C. Atlanta, GA - Managing Partner
- City of Atlanta Solicitor's Office, Atlanta, GA - Assistant Solicitor
Professional Memberships - Past and Present
- Georgia Bar Association
- American Trial Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- Georgia Association of Trial Lawyers
- Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- National Bar Association
- Gate City Bar Association
- Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
Bar Associations:
- State Bar of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- United States District Court Northern District of Georgia
Case Results
- Head-on box truck collision, settled for policy limits of $1,500,000.00
- Tractor trailer collision, settled for $900,000.00
- Soft tissue back injury, settled for $125,000.00
- Hit and run pedestrian injury claim settled for policy limits of $300,000.00
- Child care negligence, injury to the bottom lip settled for $50,000.00
- Automobile collision soft tissue injury to the shoulder, settled for $70,000.00
- Broken arm sustained in car collision, settled for $125,000.00
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