Vice President Assistant

BRIAN C. ROSS

**** ********* ******, **, ******* GA 30305

Phone: 404-***-**** Email: ********@*****.***

Bar Membership: Georgia State Bar – Active Member in Good Standing

EDUCATION:

John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, GA

Juris Doctor Awarded 2011

Mock Trial Team

Criminal Law Society, Vice President

University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC

Bachelor of Arts, History 2008

Member of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society

Member of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity

EXPERIENCE:

Assistant District Attorney 2012 to present

Fulton County District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, Georgia

• Trial attorney currently assigned to the Complex Trial Division where I am responsible for prosecuting

violent felonies in the Fulton County Superior Court. I am currently assigned to Judge Shawn Ellen LaGrua's

courtroom, but have participated in jury trials as either first or second chair before ten other judges. I am

responsible for making charging decisions, preparing and serving discovery, writing and arguing motions,

bond hearings, probation revocation hearings, and jury trials. First chair trial lawyer on cases ranging from

Theft by Taking, Deposit Account Fraud, Burglary, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Battery, Armed Robbery,

and Kidnapping. Second chair trial lawyer on Murder, Rape, and Aggravated Child Molestation cases. Tried

over 20 felony jury trials as first or second chair.

* Awards: 2012 Complex Trial Division Rising Star Award; 2012 LWOP Award – Armed Robbery trial

(one of only 5), Under 30 Minute Verdict Award (21 Minute Verdict in Armed Robbery/Kidnapping jury

trial - August 2013).

Student Attorney 2010 to 2011

Fulton County District Attorneys Office, Atlanta, Georgia

• Sworn in under the Third-Year Practice Act (May 2010); attended and actively participated in first

appearance hearings; conducted multiple preliminary hearings, jail arraignment hearings, and bond

arraignment hearings; participated in pre-trial negotiations with defense counsel; took non-complex felony

pleas, conducted legal research on various criminal law issues; and worked over 220 hours in the Complaint

Room screening incoming cases, making charging decisions, creating and filing proper charging documents

(all under the supervision of Rebecca Keel), and taking officer calls. Supervisors: Bobby Wolf, and

Rebecca Keel. Total hours worked: 480.

Law Clerk 2009 to 2010

The Joshi Law Firm, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia

• Conducted legal research for a variety of different criminal cases; organized case files; interviewed, and

interacted with clients; prepared and filed court documents; assisted in the preparation and actively

participated in a murder trial.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Fulton County Teen Court

Coached young women at Coretta Scott King Women’s Leadership Academy in writingbriefs

and competing in an oral argument competition.

Keenan Kids Closing Argument Competition

Consists of 20 selected participants by Don Keenan from law schools all around Georgia.

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