DOUGLAS COUNTY BAR - Key Persons

Christy E. Draper worked as a senior associate attorney with Stearns Montgomery & Associates in Marietta, Georgia. While with Stearns Montgomery & Associates, a primarily family and domestic law firm, Christy also launched a criminal defense division for the firm. In December 2005, Christy E. Draper opened up an office practice law in Douglasville, Georgia. The Douglasville office's legal practice focuses on family law, domestic law, criminal defense matters, including matters in superior and juvenile court in the entire metro-Atlanta area. Christy Draper also serves as a Guardian ad Litem in superior and juvenile court cases involving custody disputes. Practice Areas Criminal Defense

Attorney Daniel Rice is originally from central Florida, where he was born and spent the first several years of his life. He moved with his family to South Carolina and lived there a year before moving again to the Augusta, Georgia, area, where he spent the formative years of his life, attending elementary through high school. In 1999, his family moved to Villa Rica, Georgia, and he graduated high school in 2000. He attended Jacksonville State University in Alabama, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 2004 and was awarded academic honors for his high GPA. In 2005, Daniel began his legal studies at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, where he received his juris doctorate in 2008. Since Fall 2008, he has been a practicing attorney, including operating his own law firm for several years before being hired as an Associate Attorney with The Pilgrim Law Group, LLC, in 2014. In 2019, he was hired as an Associate Attorney with the Perkins Studdard law firm in Carrollton, Georgia, working on worker's compensation matters before returning to The Pilgrim Law Group, LLC, in 2020. Practice Areas Criminal Defense

Darrell Donaldson was born and raised in the Great State of Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006 with a degree in Neurobiology, he joined the United States Army. Darrell was ultimately stationed at Fort Gordon in Augusta before his honorable discharge as a Sergeant in 2010. Darrell attended Atlanta's John Marshall Law School and graduated in 2012. He was admitted to the Georgia State Bar in 2013. Darrell has spent ten years with the Pilgrim Law Group, and his primary focus is criminal defense. He lives locally with his wife and two children. Practice Areas Criminal Defense

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Dawn Elizabeth de Klerk, Esq. has made Georgia her home since 1992. Ms. de Klerk obtained her Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Florida State University and her Juris Doctorate from Mississippi College School of Law. Ms. de Klerk is a member of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, DeKalb Bar Association, Douglas County Bar Association, and a registered civil and domestic relations mediator with Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. Ms. de Klerk began practicing in the area of family law in 1993, and since that time, has continued to work exclusively in the interest of families as a mediator, a Guardian ad Litem, and as an attorney representing clients, children and families. Ms. de Klerk as a member of the State Bar of Georgia has been admitted to practice before all Georgia courts including the Georgia Supreme Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals. She has litigated in 30 Georgia counties. Ms. de Klerk also has completed Collaborative Law Training. Additionally, Ms. de Klerk has contributed to several volunteer organizations including Fulton County Truancy Intervention Project, Habitat for Humanity, DeKalb County Woman's Resource Center, DeKalb Family Law Information Center (FLIC), Georgia Child Support Hotline, Fulton County Judicial Citizen Panel Review, and Good Samaritan Center. She is a member of Douglasville First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Atlanta Seminole Club, Atlanta Track Club and a member of Phi Mu Sorority. Ms. de Klerk has assisted clients in all phases of contested and uncontested matters involving divorce, alimony, equitable division, child custody and parenting time, child support, contempt, restraining orders, guardian ad litem investigations, legitimation, pre and post nuptial agreements, modification issues, paternity, and mediation services. She believes part of her responsibility as an attorney is to educate clients about the impact the law will have on their specific issues and families. Ms. de Klerk strives to help them understand the legal implications associated with their choices and provide them with the information they need to make the best decisions for themselves and their families. Practice Areas Family Law

J, Mac C. Pilgrim is the owner and founder of The Pilgrim Law Group, LLC. Mac was born and raised in Villa Rica and he has chosen to remain to raise his family and to operate his business. Mac was educated in the Villa Rica Schools, graduating from Villa Rica High School in 1992. After high school, Mac attended and graduated from The University of West Georgia with a B.S. in Political Science in 1997. Following the completion of his undergraduate education, Mac was accepted and enrolled in John Marshall Law School in Atlanta and graduated in the year 2000 with J.D. Following law school, Mac worked for various firms in and around the Atlanta area, who's primary focus was personal injury. After approximately 8 years of working through and after law school for other law firms, all the while wanting to get into the courtroom more and more, Mac decided to take a leap of faith and started The Pilgrim Law Group, LLC. on July 1, 2006. He wanted to be able to do what he loves, practice law, and serve the people in his community. From that point in time till the present, Mac has represented thousands of clients in civil and criminal matters throughout the State of Georgia and in the Federal Courts as well. Mac has tried well over 120 cases, both civil and criminal, to juries in over 40 jurisdictions throughout the state. He has successfully represented numerous clients charged with serious felonies and has been involved in the pursuit of multi-million-dollar plaintiff settlements and verdicts. Mac wants all of his clients to know that he is thankful that when it has come time to choose an attorney, people, whether it be for themselves or a loved one, have chosen The Pilgrim Law Group, LLC. Mac takes the trust that his clients put in him and his firm seriously, and he wants everyone to know that he and his firm will do all that they can to represent you to the best of their abilities. Mac is married and he has 2 teenage children and they reside in Villa Rica. Practice Areas Criminal Defense

Joshua A. Millican received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in 1994 from Tulane University where he studied Economics and Ancient History. Mr. Millican received his Doctor of Law from Emory University in 1998, whereupon he was admitted to practice law in all Georgia courts, the Supreme Court of the United States, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Mr. Millican also participates in various organizations and is a Member of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the Georgia Association of Personal Injury attorneys, the National Employment Lawyers Association (Georgia Chapter), and the Atlanta Bar Association. Prior to opening the Law Office of Joshua A. Millican, P.C., Mr. Millican was General Counsel for certifiedemail.com, advising the internet start-up company on applicable corporate and securities issues including preparation of the company for acquisition by WebMD. Mr. Millican's litigation practice maintains an emphasis on criminal defense, personal injury, labor and employment law, and other complex civil litigation. His criminal defense focuses on violations of both state and federal laws. His personal injury practice concentrates on automobile collisions, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and slip and falls. Mr. Millican's labor and employment practice primarily involves claims of employment discrimination and/or sexual harassment as well as FLSA minimum wage and overtime violations. His complex civil litigation practice involves the defense and prosecution of a broad variety of complex civil litigation matters including internet privacy claims, consumer fraud claims, shareholder derivative actions involving corporate wrongdoing, and breaches of fiduciary duty under ERISA. Practice Areas Criminal Defense

Kenneth grew up in Dunwoody, Georgia, and attended Crestwood High School. He then went to Texas A&M University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from a double major in Genetics & Biochemistry. He then attended the University of Georgia School of Law and obtained his J.D. law degree. Following his graduation from law school in 1997, Kenneth joined the law firm of Tisinger Vance, P.C., as an associate attorney. Kenneth rapidly became a partner at Tisinger Vance and worked there for 16 years. At Tisinger Vance, P.C., Kenneth started out in insurance defense, representing State Farm and Georgia Farm Bureau insureds for five years. Not only did this give Kenneth valuable experience handling depositions, jury trials, and appeals, but also it gave him insight into the inner workings of how insurance companies operate. As Kenneth's experience grew, he also moved into medical malpractice defense for several West Georgia hospitals and physicians. This practice gave Kenneth experience in handling complex technical litigation such as medical malpractice. Additionally, around the time Kenneth became partner, he also served as defense counsel for the entire state of Georgia for an international corporation facing heavy liability exposure due to asbestos products liability. This experience gave Kenneth insight into handling products liability and a different type of large, complex litigation. Beginning in 2005, Kenneth left defense practice to focus on representing individuals in car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, products liability, medical malpractice and wrongful death cases. In March of 2014, Kenneth joined the firm of Hartley, Rowe & Fowler, P.C. as a partner to focus exclusively on personal injury cases representing injured individuals against insurance companies. Insurance companies make money by paying out the least amount of money they can on a claim. Even on a small claim, if they can shave off even a few thousand dollars off of the fair value of a claim, then on a nationwide basis they are making millions of dollars off injured individuals. Kenneth will fight the insurance companies for you to get a fair amount of compensation for your personal injuries. Kenneth has extensive experience in all phases of personal injury litigation. From making the initial demand to the insurance company to mediations or arbitrations to jury trials in Federal or State courts, and to handling appeals in Federal or Georgia appellate courts, Kenneth has extensive experience and will get you the result you deserve. Kenneth has already recovered tens of millions of dollars in cash and structures settlements for injured individuals in Georgia. Call for a free consultation. Kenneth takes personal injury cases on a contingent fee basis, meaning there is no fee unless you get a recovery. Practice Areas Personal Injury

In late 2002 Mr. Hubbard formed Michael L. Hubbard, PC and began practicing as a solo defense attorney in Fulton County, Georgia. Mr. Hubbard relocated to his home town of Douglasville Georgia in 2003 and has served as a full-time defense lawyer since that time in his Douglas County office. A resident of the city of Villa Rica, Georgia, Mr. Hubbard served as the City Solicitor for his home town from 2008-2016 and prosecuted all cases in the Municipal Court before being appointed by the City Council to a higher position within the court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Douglas County Bar Association, and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association.

Mr. Rowe concentrates his law practice in the areas of commercial real estate transactions and real estate finance. He represents a number of bank clients in the closing of real estate loans and secured transactions, and in the workout of loan relationships. He has significant experience in all aspects of the development of residential and commercial real estate, including contracts, easements, development agreements and title insurance. He has served as Special Master on numerous occasions in real estate litigation and quiet title proceedings. Practice Areas Business Law