Stewart Bratcher - Rome, GA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, 2015
    J.D.
    Honors: Public Interest Law Association
    Honors: Georgia State University chapter of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, First President
    Honors: Policy Director for Georgia Secretary of State Kathy Cox, Worked
    Honors: American Bar Association's Death Penalty Moratorium Research Committee, Contract Researcher

• Non Legal Education

  • Kennesaw State University, 2002
    B.S.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Major: Psychology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Member

Past Positions

• Cherokee Judicial Circuit (Bartow and Gordon Counties), Assistant District Attorney
• District Attorneys Office, Cherokee Circuit, Assistant D.A., 2005 - 2017

Languages

• English (Primary)

Classes and Seminars

• Guest Instructor, Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
  
• Mentor, State Bar of Georgia Transition Into Law Practice Program
  
• Search and Siezure, Gordon County SO, 2007 - 2015
  
• Legal Updates, Bartow County SO, 2012 - 2016
  
• Courtroom Testimony, Bartow County SO, 2012 - 2016

Pro Bono Activities

• Pine Ridge Land Conservancy, Inc., CEO
• West Rome Baptist Church
• Pro Bono Counsel, Living Proof Recovery, 2017 - Present
• Board of Directors, Pine Ridge Land Conservancy, 2017 - Present

Representative Cases

• Williams v. State
  • Citation: 298 Ga. 208 (2015)
  • Court: Ga Supreme
  • Year: 2015
• Johnson v. State
  • Citation: 294 Ga. 86 (2013)
  • Court: Ga Supreme
  • Year: 2013
• Higginbotham v. State
  • Citation: 287 Ga. 187 (2010)
  • Court: Ga Supreme
  • Year: 2010
• Mauldin v. State
  • Citation: 313 Ga. App. 228 (2011)
  • Court: Ga Appeals
  • Year: 2011
• Hammock v. State
  • Citation: 311 Ga. App. 344 (2011)
  • Court: Ga Appeals
  • Year: 2011

Published Works

Articles

• Requiring Notice: Georgia Probationers' Fourth Amendment Rights After Jones v. State, John Marshall Law Journal, 1, 2008
  
• The Georgia Bill of Rights , New Georgia Encyclopedia, 2005
  

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 2005
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia

Other Affiliations

• National College of DUI Defense, 2017 - Present (Member)
• Rome Bar Association, 2017 - Present (Member)
• Bartow County Bar Association, 2005 - Present (Member)
• Gordon County Bar Association, 2005 - Present (Member)