SAVANNAH POTTER-MILLER Former Administrative Law Judge ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Peachtree Offices

3355 Lenox Road, Suite 750

Atlanta, Georgia 30326 Phone: 404-758-5807

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ADMISSIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS:

2009, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.;

1975, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia;
1975, Georgia Supreme Court;

1975, Court of Appeals of Georgia;

1972, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey;

1972, Supreme Court of New Jersey;

2009, United States Department of Veterans Affairs (Accredited Attorney);

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

·  Law Offices of Potter & Associates, Attorneys at Law, Atlanta, Georgia;
state and municipal law; appellate practice; criminal defense; and eminent domain;

·  Legislative Affairs: Georgia General Assembly; Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; National District Attorneys’ Association;

·  Administrative Law Judge, Department of Medical Assistance, State of Georgia. 1988-1991; Administrative Law Judge, (Procurement) City of Atlanta, Georgia, 1988-1990;

·  Special Assistant Attorney General, Georgia Department of Law, 1988-1990;

·  General Counsel, Georgia Conferences, A.M.E. Zion Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988-1990;

·  Fulton County Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Trial, Appellate and Juvenile Court Divisions, 1978-1983;

·  Associate, Huie, Ware, Sterne, Brown & Ide, Atlanta, Georgia, 1976-1978. Representing Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and served as co-counsel to the City Attorney's Office, City of Atlanta, Georgia in condemnation lawsuits in DeKalb Superior Court;

·  Administrative Hearings Officer, State of New Jersey, Civil Service Commission, Trenton, New Jersey, 1976;

·  Assistant Deputy Public Defender, New Jersey Department of Public Advocate, New Brunswick, New Jersey,1974-1976;

·  Attorney, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Civil Rights, 1973-1974;

·  Trial Attorney, United States Attorney General's Honor Law Graduate Program, U. S. Department of Justice, 1971-1973. Assigned to the Civil Rights Division, Voting and Employment Litigation Sections, complex litigation teams handling employment litigation in federal courts in Oklahoma and in Texas;

·  Summer Law Clerk: Pitney, Hardin & Kipp, Newark, New Jersey, 1969; Moore, Alexander & Rindskopf, Atlanta, Georgia, 1970; and Newark Legal Services, Newark, New Jersey, 1971.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND:

2014, Council of Appellate Lawyers, ABA Judicial Division, Appellate Judges Conference;

2014, American Bar Association (ABA), 2014, Appellate Judges Education Institute;

2012, American Bar Association (ABA), 2014, Appellate Judges Education Institute;

2010, Judicial Conference, United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims;

2007, Academy of Court-Appointed Masters, Special Masters for Federal and State Courts, ALI/ABA;

2007, Trial Evidence in the Federal Courts, ALI/ABA;

2007, Appellate Advocacy, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Bar Association;

1994, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference;

1992, National Judicial College;

1991-1990, Georgia Superior Court Judges;

1990, Georgia Executive Administrative Law Judges;

1980, Career Prosecutors Course, National College of District Attorneys;

1971, Rutgers, The State University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, Juris Doctor, Honor Law Graduate, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division;

1968, Emory University School of Law, Pre-Law, Atlanta, Georgia;

1968, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, Bachelor of Arts Degree.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Adjunct Faculty, National College of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Public Defenders, University of Houston School of Law, Houston, Texas;

Adjunct Faculty, Spelman College, Legal Writing, Atlanta, Georgia;

Adjunct Faculty, John Marshall School of Law, Employment Discrimination, Atlanta, Georgia.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND AWARDS:

State Bar of Georgia, Vice-Chairman, Government Attorneys Section; Appellate Practice Section;

Fellow, National Conference of Bar Presidents, American Bar Association;

American Bar Association (ABA), Liaison to the Judicial Division, Solo, Small Firm and General Practice;

Past Chair, Administrative Law and Government Committee; Military Law Committee; ABA, Criminal Justice Section;

Past President, Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, Inc.; Vice President, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Inc.; Vice President, Gate City Bar Association of Atlanta, Inc.; Law Day Chairperson, Atlanta Chapter, Federal Bar Association; Delegate, World Peace Through Law Conference, World Prosecutor’s Section; Delegate, Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference; Outstanding Woman Attorney, National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations, Annual Convention, American Bar Association; Pioneer Woman Prosecutor Award, National Association of Black Prosecutors; Founding Member, Women’s Division, National Bar Association; Member of Board, Christian Counsel of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc., Leadership Atlanta, 1983;

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS:

Overview of Veterans Claims Law, Municipal Court City of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, April, 2011;

Jury Eligibility, National Law Day Speech, Morehouse College, (2005);

National Center for State Courts, Jur- E-Bulletin (Reference to Law Day Speech at Morehouse College on Jury Eligibility, April 15, 2005;

Federal Bar Magazine, July, 1995, Eleventh Circuit News, “Law Day”; Essence Magazine, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, State of New Jersey.

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