Annie is a Staff Attorney at the DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation where she runs the Domestic Violence Project. In this role, she serves the citizens of DeKalb County by providing representation to low-income persons seeking civil protective orders. She also works with the legal community in DeKalb County and coordinates with volunteer attorneys to provide pro bono legal services for survivors of domestic violence seeking civil protective orders. In addition, she provides advice and assistance to clients in family law matters.
Prior to joining DVLF, Annie worked in private practice at Knight Family Law and Senterfitt & Knight. Her practice focused exclusively on family law and included a full range of family law matters including divorce, custody, support, family violence and stalking, contempt, and modification cases. In addition, Annie interned in the Fulton County Family Division for the Honorable Judge Wendy Shoob, where she gained comprehensive training in family law litigation as well as considerable insight into how family law cases are viewed from a Judge’s perspective.
Annie is active in the legal community and has served as a Vice President for the Board of Directors of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers for over 4 years, the Executive Committee of the DeKalb Bar Family Law section, and on the Family Law Committee of the State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia Institute of Technology 2010 and a J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law in 2013.
