Tracy Cullen O’Connell is a partner of the firm practicing primarily in the area of civil litigation.  She graduated from Boston College and cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law.  Tracy has been engaged in a civil litigation practice encompassing domestic, insurance defense and corporate or business litigation.  She has served as lead counsel in jury and bench trials in the state and federal court, handling cases involving automobile accidents, construction defects, professional negligence, contract disputes and family law issues.

Education

• University of Georgia School of Law (J.D. 1993, cum laude)
• Awarded Tuition Equalization Scholarship
• Served as Honor Court Justice all three years (Chief Justice - 3L)
• Boston College, Bachelor of Science, Business/Economics, May 1990
• Dean's List and Outstanding College Students of America

Membership:

• State Bar of Georgia
• State Bar of Texas
• Savannah Bar Association
• Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
• Georgia Association of Women Lawyers (President Savannah Chapter 1997)
• Defense Research Institute

Court Admissions

• Georgia State and Superior Courts
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Court of Appeals of Georgia
• United States District Court, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts
• All Eleventh Circuit Cout of Appeals

Community and Bar Activities

• State Bar of Georgia - District Representative to Executive Council, Younger Lawyer's Division
• Defense Research Institute - Member
• Georgia Defense Lawyers Association - Member
• American Trial Lawyers Association - Member
• Savannah Bar Association - Chairman, CLE Seminar Committee; Member of Younger Lawyer Executive Board; Volunteer Student Coach for High School Mock Trial Competition
• Georgia Association of Woman Lawyers - Past President, Savannah Chapter; Recipient of Georgia Woman of Achievement Award 2000
• Leadership Savannah Graduate - Currently Member of the Graduate Program
• United Way Cabinet Member - Co-Chair of Attorney's Division 2002-2003 campaigns
• Junior League of Savannah - President 2005 - 2006
• Telfair Academy of Arts - Member of William Jay Society

Additional Related Experience

• Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia; 1999 to Present
  • Instructor: Teach continuing legal education courses to legal assistants including Tort Law, Civil Litigation, Advanced Civil Litigation and Practical Litigation Techniques

• Office of the District Attorney , Atlantic Judicial Circuit, Athens, Georgia; Fall 1992
  • Law Clerk: Prosecuted criminal cases.  Drafted appellate briefs and motions. Researched criminal and evidentiary issues.