Curtis A. Thurston Jr. - Atlanta, GA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1978
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: Academic Scholarship; Dean's List
    Law Review: Member, Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1976 - 1978

• Non Legal Education

  • Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1975
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Dean's List; Phi Alpha Theta
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Member

Past Positions

• Lawson & Davis, Partner, 1985 - 1990
• State of Alabama, Special Assistant Attorney General, 1982
• Atlanta Jaycees, General Counsel, 1984 - 1985

References

• NationsBank

Published Works

Articles

• Comment, Mann or Beast? The Mann Charge in the Fifth Circuit, 9 Cumberland Law Review 129, 1977-1978
  
• American Bar Association Pleadings and Practice Committee Project on Motion in Limine Practice (Contributor), 1982
  
• Federal Rules of Evidence Review, 1983
  

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1978
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1978
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia, 1978
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 1978
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1983

Other Affiliations

• Atlanta Jaycees, 1983 - 1985 (General Counsel)
• State Bar of Georgia, 1984 (Appointee, Fee Arbitration Panel for the Atlanta Judicial Circuit)
• State Bar of Georgia (Member)
• Atlanta Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member, Litigation and Labor and Employment Law Sections)
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Lawyers Club of Atlanta (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Alpha Theta
• Phi Alpha Delta