Diana Lynch

Attorney
EDUCATION
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, SC, Juris Doctorate, 1993

University of South Carolina–College of Business, Columbia, SC, Bachelor of Science–Accounting, 1990

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LYNCH LAW GROUP, Atlanta, GA
Managing Partner, April 1998 to Present

Johnson, Pioleau, Lynch & Kenison, Atlanta, GA
Partner / Entertainment and Transactional Business Attorney, September 1995 – April 1998

Alembik, Fine & Callner, P.A., Atlanta, GA
Litigation Attorney, Corporate, Insurance Defense, Products Liability, and Family Law, April 1994 – September 1995

United States District Court – Northern District of Georgia, June 1994 – April 1995
Law Clerk to the Honorable Clarence Cooper

South Carolina Court of Appeals, August 1994 – June 1994
Staff Attorney

United States Navy
Former Justice Advocate General

United States Securities & Exchange Commission
Summer Associate, July 1992 – September 1992

United States Department of Justice
Litigation Summer Associate, May 1992 – July 1992

United States Firth Circuit Solicitor’s Office
October 1991 – May 1993

University of South Carolina, School of Law, August 1991 – May 1993
Graduate Assistant / Instructor

McNair & Sanford, P.A., May 1991 – September 1991
Litigation Summer Associate

RECOGNIZED AS GEORGIA SUPERLAWYER (TOP 5% OF ATTORNEYS IN GEORGIA-FAMILY LAW)
2017, 2018

BAR ADMISSIONS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
· Member, Active, Admitted to Georgia Bar, 1995
· Member, Inactive, Admitted to South Carolina Bar, 1993
· Current President & Chairwoman of Board, Literacy to Legacy Non-Profit Organization
· Past Member, Fulton County Family Division Task Force, 2014 – 2015
· Past Chairwoman, Fulton County WIA Board and Youth Council
· Past Legal Adviser, Mechanicsville Non-Profit Organization
· Licensed Mediator and Arbitrator
· Licensed Domestic Mediator
· Member, American Bar Association
· Member, American Trial Lawyers Association
· Member, Georgia Bar – Family Law Section
· Past Member, Georgia Bar – Entertainment and Sports Law Section
· Member, Black Entertainment and Sports Law Association
· Member, 100 Black Women of America
· Member, Women in Business
· Member, Women in Music

Matthew F. McGahren

Of-Counsel
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC, Juris Doctorate, 1992

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Bachelor of Arts, 1989

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
McGahren Law Firm, LLC
Managing Member, Attorney January 2016 to Present, Peachtree Corners, GA

McGahren Gaskill & York, LLC
Member, Attorney April 2006 to December 2016, Peachtree Corners, GA

Henson Law Firm
Attorney, 1992-1996

BAR ADMISSIONS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
· Member, Admitted to Georgia Bar, 1993
· Member, Admitted to Florida Bar, 1993
· Member, Admitted to North Carolina Bar, 1993
· Owner, Iron Shadow Cinema, Subdivision of Maltese Falcon Production, LLC
· Member, Gwinnett County Bar Association
· Member, Atlanta Bar Association
· Lifetime Member, University of North Carolina Alumni
· Member, Toastmaster
· Member, Phi Beta Kappa
· Papers and Publications: “What to Do After an Automobile Collision,” Inside Gwinnett 2006; “Reasons Why Executing Your Will Should Be A Top Priority”
· Admitted to Practice: Supreme Court of the United States of America; 11th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals; 4th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals; District of Columbia Federal Court of Appeals; Middle and Northern Georgia Federal District Courts; Western North Carolina Federal District Court; Middle Florida Federal District Court; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals; North Carolina Supreme Court; North Carolina Court of Appeals; Florida Supreme Court; Florida Court of Appeals

Nicole A. Rizza

Law Clerk
EDUCATION
Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School
Expected Graduation, May 2022
Juris Doctorate

Georgia State University
Graduated, May 2017
Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice with a concentration in the Legal Track

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
· Law Student Member, Stonewall Bar Association
· Law Student Member, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer
· Law Student Member, National LGBT Bar Association
· Law Student Member, Atlanta Bar Assocation
· Law Student Member, State Bar of Georgia
· Law Student Member, American Constitution Society
· Law Student Member, American Bar Association

Eric J. Marlett

Of-Counsel
EDUCATION
Emory University, Goizueta Business School, Atlanta, GA, M.B.A, 2011

New York Law School, New York, NY, Juris Doctorate, 2003

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, B.S., International Affairs, 1998

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
McGahren Law Firm, LLC
Senior Associate, Attorney January 2016 to Present, Peachtree Corners, GA

McGahren Gaskill & York, LLC
Senior Associate, Attorney, Peachtree Corners, GA

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.
Brokerage Operations, White Plains, NY, 1998-2003

BAR ADMISSIONS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
· Member, Admitted to Georgia Bar, 2003
· Member, Admitted to Florida Bar, 2006
· Admitted, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 2004
· Admitted, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2006
· Advocate Designation, NITA (National Institute of Trial Advocacy)
· Member, Appellate Practice Section, State Bar of Georgia, Communications COmmittee
· Volunteer, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Atlanta, GA, 2003 & 2004
· Yellow Jacket Flying Club, Atlanta, GA, Member, 1995-1998, Treasurer, 1997-1998
· 91.1 FM, WREK, Atlanta, GA, Disc Jockey, 1996-1997
· Gotham Writers’ Workshop, New York, NY, 1998-1999
· Publications: “Equal Division in the Court of Appeals: Nuances and Difficulties“, The Appellate Review, Winter 2015