TRUCK ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS GA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Attorney Chrisna D. Jones was born and raised in Albany, Georgia and has been practicing law since 1998. Attorney Jones earned an A.D.N. from the nursing school at Macon Jr. College (now Middle GA State University) in 1985 and practiced as an ICU Registered Nurse for 10 years before she earned her B.A. (Cum Laude) from Georgia State University in 1995. Attorney Jones graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1998.
Chrisna Jones has been an injury and trial attorney for twenty years. Since the beginning of her legal career, she has been a voice for those injured as the result of the negligence of others. She has spent her career specializing in the areas of personal injury, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death. She is passionate about the law and passionate about obtaining civil justice (outside and inside the courtroom) for her clients.
Attorney Chrisna Jones is currently an active member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) and member of the Editorial Board of Verdict magazine published quarterly by the GTLA. She serves on the State Bar of Georgia Committee of Judicial Procedure and Administration/Uniform Rules. She is also a member of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys.
She is a former member and co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Georgia Diversity Program. She was also a member of the program committee of The Layman's Lawyer program on Georgia Public Television from 2000-2004. She speaks at Continuing Legal Education programs and is a frequent participant at Career Day elementary and middle school events.
Job Titles:
- ATTORNEY
- Member of the Board
- Associate With International Law Firm of Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Attorney Brian Poe is a well-known lawyer in Atlanta who has created several successful legal entities on his own or in partnership with other star attorneys. He is Founder & Chairman of Brian Poe & Associates, Attorneys, PC, a full service law firm; Co-Founder & Chairman of Poe Simpson Law, a boutique corporate, entertainment and commercial real estate law firm with Harvard Law graduate Michelle Simpson; and Chairman & CEO of Esquire Connect, LLC, a national legal recruiting firm & member of the National Association of Legal Search Consultants.
Brian Poe's biggest focus today is as the Founder & Chairman of one of Atlanta's fastest growing personal injury law firms - Georgia Injury Attorneys ("GIA"), a division of Brian Poe & Associates, Attorneys, PC and Chrisna Jones Law LLC, Injury & Trial Attorneys. In late 2017, Brian and his three GIA law partners were featured on the cover of Attorney At Law magazine, just six months after Brian was individually featured on the cover of the same magazine
Born in Wichita Falls Texas and raised in Atlanta, Brian Poe is the son of another well-known local entrepreneur, Atlanta pediatrician Booker Poe, and the late educator Gloria Poe. He is the proud father of Ryann Poe, a college senior and pre-med student at Tulane University, and Sydney Poe, a high school junior at Woodward Academy. An honors graduate of Woodward Academy, member of the National Honor Society, Brian Poe graduated from Florida University in three years with a degree in Multinational Business Operations, and received his Master of Business Degree just one year later from The University of Georgia. After serving two years with the United States Department of Labor as a federal investigator, Attorney Poe returned to school to earn his degree in law from The University of Virginia, where Brian was the President & Co-Founder of the University of Virginia Sports & Entertainment Forum.
Brian Poe's legal career began as an Associate with international law firm of Morgan Lewis & Bockius in Washington, D.C. After moving to Atlanta, he worked as an Associate at the international law firm of Troutman Sanders, prior to joining the Delta Air Lines, Inc. law department where he rose to the rank of Senior Attorney.
Brian Poe's entrepreneurial ventures began with his writing, producing and executive producing of Big Ain't Bad, the made-in-Atlanta 2003 winner of The Hollywood Black Film Festival. Brian's law firms were created with the same "people-focused" drive that resulted in him spearheading the raising of funds in the Atlanta community to pay for the production of his film. Today, "The People's Champs" (moniker of his law firms) has law offices in 6 different metro Atlanta locations, and employs (contract and full-time) over 20 attorneys and professionals per year.
Brian Poe is a long-time board member (and former General Counsel) of the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia. Brian Poe has been Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine's "Attorney's Corner" columnist since 2009 through earlier this year, and has also sat on the magazine's advisory board. He is the Co-Founder of The Atlanta Business & Entertainment Exchange (40K members of Facebook), and a long-time member of The Commerce Club in Atlanta. He also is a long-time member and usher at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Jamie Cox, Esq. was appointed to the Mayor's Youth Commission for the City of Atlanta in 2016 and remains a member of this commission.
Jamie Cox, Esq. is a 2000 graduate of Columbia University and a 2005 graduate of The University of Pennsylvania Law School. She was a litigation associate at a large Philadelphia law firm; her practice focused on labor and employment, commercial litigation, bankruptcy and white collar crimes. Jamie is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania. She is a board member of the Columbia Club of Atlanta and The Historic South-View Preservation Foundation. She entered legal recruiting with a national search firm, where she initially focused on researching and then recruiting. She was appointed to the Mayor's Youth Commission for the City of Atlanta in 2016 and remains a member of this commission.