overview
Debra Wilson has over two decades of experience in the areas of commercial and business litigation. She was recognized by Georgia Trend magazine as one of the state’s "Legal Elite" for 2006, a list of top attorneys chosen by lawyers across Georgia.

Experience

• Successful litigation at trial and on appeal of cases involving confirmation of real estate foreclosure sales
• Participated in successful defense of multiple lender liability claims involving a real estate development in Florida
• Significant experience in litigation regarding the Georgia RICO statute and other civil business torts
• Representation of numerous commercial landlords in landlord/tenant disputes
• Litigation involving allegations of infestation of "toxic mold"
• Represented numerous individuals in successfully resolving divorce and child custody disputes and guardianship proceedings, through trial or settlement, and in negotiation of prenuptial agreements and handling adoptions.

• Education
• Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 1988
• Eastern Kentucky University, B.S., 1983, with high distinction

• Admitted
• State Bar of Georgia
• State Bar of Tennessee
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• U. S. Supreme Court
• U. S. District Court for Northern Georgia
• U. S. District Court for Middle Georgia
• U. S. District Court for Eastern Tennessee
• U. S. Court of Appeals for Eleventh Circuit

• Affiliations & Memberships
• All Saints Episcopal Church: elected member of vestry (governing body for secular business of church) 2007-2010 term
• Vistage (formerly TEC) Trusted Advisor
• Atlanta Bar Association
• Georgia Association for Women Lawyers

• Author
• The Intended Application of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11: An End to Empty Head, Pure Heart Defense and a Reinforcement of Ethical Standards, 41 Vanderbilt Law Review 343 (1988).

Martindale Hubble Rating
AV Peer Review Rated