Wystan Getz - Principal

Educational Background:

Juris Doctor Degree:
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia: 1998

Bachelor of Arts, cum laude:
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1994.

Legal Experience
Oakhurst Law Group, LLC – owner/operator/attorney March 2003 – present. Responsible for all operations of law firm with three employees. Represent clients in criminal matters, art related business situations, and alternative family law matters.

Clark & Towne, PC – associate attorney 15 May 2000 – 2 March 2003 , of counsel attorney 3 March 2003 – present. Criminal trial attorney. DUI defense expertise. Tried 20 DUI cases in less than three years.

Rockdale County Public Defender's Office – assistant public defender 20 December 1998 – 14 May 2000 . Criminal trial attorney. Represented clients accused of crimes ranging from traffic tickets to trafficking in narcotics.

Fulton County Public Defender's Office – legal intern May 1996 through October 1998. Assisted attorneys will all aspects of case presentation. Appeared in court under 3rd year practice act.

Professional Organizations

Atlanta Bar Association 1998 to present. Chair, Criminal Law Section, 2003 – 2004.
Gwinnett County Bar Association 2000 to present.
Rockdale County Bar Association 1999 to present.
Member National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
Member Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
Attended National Criminal Defense College in 2000
Attended Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College regional seminar in 2002.

Speaker

State Wide Criminal Defense Training 2000.
Administrative License Suspension seminar 2001.
Defending a Drug case 2001 & 2002.
GACDL Fall Seminar 2001.
Drinkin' n' Fightin' in Georgia 2002
King & Spalding, LLP Lunch and Learn, DUI & Traffic Cases 2003
Seminar chair: Defending a Drug Case 2003
Seminar chair: GACDL Winter Seminar 2004

Personal
Have published a dozen poems in literary journals. Play oboe, English horn, guitar, & keyboard.