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The Trial Law Section's annual "View From The Bench" event welcomed the Honorable Stacey K. Hedrick. The DeKalb Bar welcomed Justice Hunstein as the featured guest speaker for the October luncheon. At the September luncheon we welcomed Sarah…
Advanced Issues Facing Custody Litigators and Guardians ad Litem This seminar, part of the ICLE: State Bar of Georgia Series, provides 7 CLE hours (1 professionalism hours and 6 trial practice hours). Click on the brochure image to download a…
Judge Daniel M. Coursey, Jr. is the recipient of this year’s Legal Pioneer Award, presented at the annual Bench and Bar reception.
Biography
Born and raised in DeKalb county, Coursey is a graduate of Avondale High School, attended the University of North Carolina, and graduated from Emory University. He earned his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he graduated first in his class and served as class governor.
After university, Coursey served as a captain, trial counsel, and military judge in the Staff Judge Advocate General Corps of the U.S. Air Force. He then moved into private practice, where he specialized as a civil trial attorney with the firms of Powell Goldstein and McLaughlin & Coursey. In 1982, he was elected superior court judge in the Stone Mountain judicial circuit from a field of five candidates. Re-elected eight times, Coursey is the longest-serving superior court judge in the history of the Stone Mountain judicial circuit.
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We invite you to our next breakfast on April 5 at 7:30 am at the Old Courthouse on the Square. Register on the DeKalb Bar Association website here.
If you missed the last FLS Breakfast, be sure to join us for the next one on April 5.