Sarah ("Sally") Brown Akins is a partner of the firm, and practices exclusively in the litigation group. She graduated from the University of Florida and Mercer University School of Law. Since serving as a judicial clerk, Sally has been engaged in a civil litigation practice. She has handled cases involving premises liability, automobile and truck accidents, professional negligence, both medical and legal malpractice, litigation involving counties and municipalities including civil rights cases and zoning cases, insurance coverage litigation and products liability. Sally was named a 2005 "Rising Star" Super Lawyer of the Georgia Bar by Law & Politics and The Atlanta Magazine.
Education:
University of Florida
(B.A., 1987)
Mercer University (J.D., 1990)
Phi Delta Phi
Sarah
Brown Akins
2 East Bryan Street, 10th Floor
Savannah, Georgia 31401
Savannah Bar Association (Executive Committee1999-2000; Chairman, Public Relations Committee 2001-2002; Chairman, Public Service Committee 2005-2006)
American Bar Association (Georgia Delegate, Woman Advocate Committee, Litigation Section)
Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Executive Committee 2006-)
State Bar of Georgia (Executive Committee General Practice and Trial Section 1995-present, Chairman 2000-2001; Member Review Panel of State Disciplinary Board 2000-2006, Chairman 2002-2003; Member, Disciplinary Rules and Procedures Committee 2005- present)
Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (President, Savannah Chapter, 1994-1996)
Treasurer, National Council of Lawyer Discipline Boards, 2005
Defense Research Institute
Graduate, Leadership Savannah 2006
Fellow, Lawyers Foundation of Georgia
Related Experience:
Judicial Law Clerk to The Honorable Arthur W. Fudger and The Honorable F. Marion Curnrnings (1990-1991 )
Foreign Language:
Spanish
Court Admissions:
Georgia State and Superior Courts Supreme Caurt of Georgia
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Untied States District Caurt for the Southern District of Georgia
Untied States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
