Jackie Patterson served his country as a U.S. Army paratrooper and patrolled the streets of Atlanta as a police officer before he ever set foot in a courtroom as an attorney. Since then he has built a resume no other lawyer can match: he ran an entire university police department as its chief, spent twenty years on the bench as a judge, and served as a part-time prosecutor in Fulton County — all while practicing law.

That means he knows exactly how the other side builds a case — because he's been the other side. When the State comes after you, you want the one attorney who has worn every uniform in the room and knows where every case falls apart.