Parag Y. Shah

EXPERIENCE

• The Shah Law Firm, Criminal & Personal Injury Trial Attorney 2011 – Present

• Law Offices of L. David Wolfe, P.C., Criminal Trial Attorney 2008 – 2010

• Atlanta Judicial Circuit Public Defenders Office, Criminal Trial Attorney 2006 – 2008

EDUCATION

• Ohio Northern University, Juris Doctor 2003 – 2006

• Rhodes College, Bachelor of Arts 1999 – 2003

• Choate Rosemary Hall 1996 – 1999

CERTIFICATIONS

• Mediator, Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution 2011 – Present Received Certification from the Justice Center of Atlanta

TEACHING

• Faculty Member at the National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia

• Faculty Member at the Bill Daniel’s Trial Advocacy Program

PUBLICATIONS

• The Code, Reference Guide to Georgia Criminal & Traffic Law (Fifth Edition)

• The Code, Reference Guide to Georgia Civil Practice & Procedure (August 15, 2012)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• NPR’s This American Life, featured expert on criminal law 2011

   

• Host of Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Spring Seminar 2011

• Closing Arguments, Georgia State University Litigation Program 2010, 2011

• A Proactive Approach to Practicing Criminal Defense,

Fulton County Public Defender Seminar 2010

• Utilizing Motions Practice to Win Cases or Cripple the Prosecution,

Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Fall Seminar 2010

• The Consequences Illegal Immigrants and Attorneys Face in the Criminal

  Justice System, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund 2007

ASSOCIATIONS

• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, membership committee

• American Association of Justice

• Atlanta Bar Association, solo and small firm member

• State Bar of Georgia Indigent Defense Committee, appointed member

• Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, education fund board member

• Georgia High School Mock Trial Competitions, volunteer

• South Asian Bar Association of Georgia, Treasurer

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Rated 10 out of 10 by AVVO.com  

  Amicus Author Award from the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

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