Mitchell (Mitch) McKinney is a former assistant district attorney (ADA) and assistant solicitor general with more than seven years of prosecutorial experience. In addition to his prior experience as a prosecutor, Mr. McKinney also served for three years as Assistant County Attorney for Forsyth County, Georgia where he was also the Magistrate Court of Forsyth County prosecutor for four years. His current practice includes real estate matters including litigation and real estate closings and title examinations, criminal defense, family law, personal injury cases, and other civil litigation. Mr. McKinney practices in Russellville, Alabama and the surrounding Northwest Alabama area and in the metro Atlanta area and across North Georgia. He is committed to respectful, yet assertive, representation on behalf of his clients.
Education
- University of Alabama School of Law – Tuscaloosa, Alabama Juris Doctor – 1998
- Mercer University – Macon, Georgia B.B.A. in Economics – 1995
Professional Affiliations
- Member – Alabama State Bar – 1999 to present
- Member – Georgia State Bar – 1998 to present
- Licensed Guardian Ad Litem – State of Alabama – 2021
- Qualified Guardian Ad Litem – State of Georgia – 2012 to present
- President – Forsyth County Bar Association – 2009/2010
- Vice President – Forsyth County Bar Association – 2008/2009
- Secretary/Treasurer – Forsyth County Bar Association – 2007/2008
- Criminal Defense Bar of Forsyth County
- Lanier Forsyth Rotary Club
- Member of Panel of Attorneys for Indigent Defense of Forsyth County, Georgia- 2005-2014
- Licensed to practice in all Georgia and Alabama Courts and the Federal Eleventh Circuit
- Member of Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (GACDL) – 2005-2014
Mitch services his clients out of his Russellville, Alabama office in Franklin County, Alabama and the surrounding areas. Mitch services his clients out of his Cumming, Georgia office in the cities of Atlanta, Roswell, Alpharetta, Milton, Crabapple, Duluth, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, and the counties of Fulton, Gwinnett, Forsyth, Hall, Dawson, Cherokee, Lumpkin, Pickens, Hall and others.