J. Michael McGarity, Esq.

Mike McGarity graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1976, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School Of Law in 1979, was admitted to the Georgia Bar, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the Georgia Court of Appeals in 1979. Mr. McGarity is admitted in the U.S. District Court, (Northern District of Georgia), and the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

After receiving his J.D. degree, Mr. McGarity joined the Gwinnett County District Attorneys Office as Assistant District Attorney. In 1997, McGarity was appointed by Attorney General Thurbert Baker as Special Assistant Attorney General and for four years represented the Gwinnett County Child Support Enforcement Division. He was appointed by the Supreme Court of Georgia as Special Master in several disciplinary matters and has also tried well over a hundred jury trials and hundreds of bench trials.

McGarity shifted into private practice, joining the Lawrenceville firm of Webb, Fowler and Tanner as an associate. He became partner in that firm after trying a large number of complex litigation cases, including wrongful death claims, medical malpractice, personal injury, multi-party claims, felony criminal trials and real estate litigation matters. Mr. McGarity was later named partner at Anderson, Tate, Mahaffey and McGarity, where he spent four and a half years before opening The McGarity Group in September of 2006.

Practice Areas

Admitted

Georgia Bar, 1979
Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1979
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Law School

University of Georgia School Of Law, J.D., 1979

College

Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., Industrial Management, 1976

Member

Atlanta and Gwinnett County Bar Associations (President, 1984-1985)
State Bar of Georgia
Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice-President, 1999 through the present)
Litigation Counsel of America
The American Association for Justice
Old War Horse Lawyers Club
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards

Mike McGarity was named a Georgia "Super Lawyer" in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 by Atlanta Magazine and Law & Politics in the practice area of general litigation. In 2008, he was the only Gwinnett attorney in this practice area to receive this honor.
Mike received the coveted AV Rating (since 1987) from Martindale-Hubbell National Legal Directory, the highest such designation given for both attorney competence and integrity.

Biography

Georgia Super Lawyer, Atlanta Magazine, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009
Assistant District Attorney, Gwinnett County District Attorneys Office
Trial Lawyer having tried well over a hundred jury trials and hundreds of bench trials
Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Georgia, 1991-1997, Appointed by Attorney General Thurbert Baker, representing the Gwinnet County Child Support Enforcement Division, 1977
Appointed, Special Master, Supreme Court of Georgia handling disciplinary matters for Attorneys
President, Northeast Georgia Council for the Boy Scouts, 2004-2005
Former Partner, Webb, Fowler and Tanner
Trustee, Georgia Gwinnett College
Rotary Club of Gwinnett County (Secretary, 2007)
Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Chairman's Club
1818 Club
Former Member, Gwinnett County Board, Department of Family and Children Services

Strong Community Involvement

McGarity is an active community leader, with strong roots to Gwinnett County.
Member of the Executive Board of Directors Northeast Georgia Council for the Boy Scouts
Former president of the Northeast Georgia Council for the Boy Scouts (covering 26 Georgia counties)
Trustee for the Georgia Gwinnett College
1986 graduate of Leadership Gwinnett
Member of the Gwinnett Rotary Club, as well as the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Chairman’s Club
Member of the Board of Directors Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
Former member of the Gwinnett County Board for the Department of Family and Children’s Services
Former member of the J.M. Tull YMCA Board of Directors (honored with Gwinnett’s YMCA Volunteer of the Year Award - 1988)
Coach Mock Trial Team Mill Creek High School

To contact Mr. McGarity

To discuss your concerns, call Mike McGarity at (877) 851-4261. You can also email him at MMcGarity@themcgaritygroup.com, or use our Contact Us page.