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Kristen Wright Novay - Atlanta, GA
3151 Maple Drive, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30305
Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.
Atlanta Criminal Defense Lawyer
Overview
Kristen chose to practice criminal defense after her experience interning for the Georgia Innocence Project, working to free people who were wrongfully convicted and help them rebuild their lives. Normally, the interns are law school students, but Kristen was selected while she was still an undergraduate student at Auburn University.
I found I enjoyed helping people, especially in this project...
Kristen chose to practice criminal defense after her experience interning for the Georgia Innocence Project, working to free people who were wrongfully convicted and help them rebuild their lives. Normally, the interns are law school students, but Kristen was selected while she was still an undergraduate student at Auburn University.
I found I enjoyed helping people, especially in this project...
Kristen chose to practice criminal defense after her experience interning for the Georgia Innocence Project, working to free people who were wrongfully convicted and help them rebuild their lives. Normally, the interns are law school students, but Kristen was selected while she was still an undergraduate student at Auburn University.
I found I enjoyed helping people, especially in this project. It's an extra check on the justice system, which is needed because people's lives, their families, their money, and certainly their freedom, are involved, she said.
Kristen gained experience in both defense and prosecution at the state and federal levels in Virginia and Tennessee before returning to her hometown of Atlanta. She worked at the Nashville Office of the Public Defender, interned at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia and the Richmond Commonwealth Attorney's Office, and was an associate at the Stone & Cardwell criminal defense law firm in Richmond before joining Garland, Samuel & Loeb.
While a student at the University of Richmond School of Law, Kristen excelled in numerous law competitions in negotiation, trial advocacy, and moot court. She also studied in the Richmond Summer Program at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
About Kristen Wright Novay
Practice Areas
- Criminal Defense
Current Employment Position(s)
- Associate
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia, 2011
- Georgia, 2010
- Virginia, 2009
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2009
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2010
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2010
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2010
- Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2012
Other Affiliations
- Virginia State Bar, Criminal Defense Section
- American Bar Association
- Richmond Criminal Bar Association
Education
- University of Richmond, School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, May, 2009
J.D.
Honors: cum laude - Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, May, 2005
B.A.
Honors: cum laude - Emmanuel College, Cambridge University
Richmond Summer Program
Past Positions
- Stone & Cardwell Criminal Defense Law Firm, Associate
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Kristen Wright Novay
Honors
- National and Regional Champion, 2008 American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Trial Advocacy Competition
- National Semi-finalist, 2008 American Association for Justice Trial Advocacy Competition
- Regional Champion, 2008 American Association for Justice National Mock Trial Competition
- Finalist, 2007 Carrico Moot Court Competition; awarded membership to Moot Court Board
- Finalist, 2007 Trial Advocacy Competition; awarded membership to Trial Advocacy Board
- Semi-finalist, 2006 Negotiation Competition; awarded membership to Negotiation Board
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Advanced Trial Advocacy
- Order of the Barristers
Office Information
Address
3151 Maple Drive, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone
Fax
- 404-365-5041
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Office Hours
Available During Regular Business Hours; By Appointment at other times
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