Macon Bar Association

07/16/2025

Please mark your calendars and plan to come!

Join the Houston County Bar and the Macon Bar Association for our Middle Georgia Networking Event!

02/13/2025

Business Opportunity!
The consumer bankruptcy practice of Akin, Webster & Matson, P.C. is winding down. In December, Danny L. Akin will be retiring and Joy Webster will not be taking any new consumer cases. Until then, we are having to redirect potential clients every day. Our office space is quite reasonably priced and an enterprising young attorney or attorneys could easily build a reasonable practice by taking over our offices and accepting our referrals. If you are interested in such an opportunity, please contact Danny L. Akin or Joy R. Webster at 478-742-1889 or send us an email at [email protected].

11/06/2024

Reminder! Swearing in of new lawyers this Thursday and low country boil at the Reynolds’ home … check your email for details!!

10/11/2024

Hope to see you all shortly for Zoom Meeting with Peter Simmons. He will be discussing Threats to 2024 Election

10/10/2024

Reminder: Tomorrow we have Zoom lunch meeting at 12:30! Please check your email for the Zoom link!
Peter Simmons, a Macon native, will be speaking on the ABA task force for Democracy!

09/26/2024

Please attached flyers regarding Middle Georgia Justice's 6th Annual A Taste for Justice Event- Mark Your Calendars! 10/10/24!

09/23/2024

Reminder Macon- Bibb County Department of Health Request for Legal Services Deadline 9/30/24 see below
Contact Jimmie Smith, Jr., MD, MPH
Administrator, Macon Bibb County Health Department
478-749-0116

09/12/2024

Request for Legal Services for the Macon-Bibb County Board of Health
Jimmie Smith, MD, MPH is the contact person
478-749-0114
[email protected]
Deadline to submit is Monday 9/30/24
Sarah Park, President of the Macon Bar Association, has a copy of the RFP, if interested you can also email her for a copy [email protected]

08/05/2024

Georgia Legal Services Program's Macon office is actively seeking applicants for three open positions. These are three staff attorney positions. Our employee benefits include health and life insurance coverage, paid leave (including your birthday!), law school loan reimbursement, hybrid work opportunities, and more.

If you want to help provide access to justice for those who need it most, apply today to join us at GLSP!

Open Positions:

Medical Legal Partnership Attorney: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/2524835

Domestic Violence Staff Attorney:
https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/1953121

General Staff Attorney: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/2461771

If you have any questions, please contact Shannon L. Mills at 478-337-0010.

  Georgia Legal Services Program is a leader in creating equal access to justice and opportunities out of poverty for low-income Georgians. We fight for justice where it is most needed. Georgia Legal Services seeks a staff attorney to work in its Macon office. PRIMARY DUTIES:Litigate....

09/08/2023

Please join the Clerk's Office in celebrating Bibb's 200 years of excellence. This black tie ball is open and free to the public. Due to limited seating, please rsvp by emailing [email protected].

05/09/2023

Please join the Macon Bar Association as we congratulate our esteemed colleague Honorable Howard Z. Simms.

Judge Simms, our Macon Judicial Circuit, Chief Superior Court Judge has been a superior court judge since 2011. He announced his official retirement on May 4, 2023 and intends to retire effective September 1, 2023. While we are saddened to see Judge Simms leave the bench after 37 years of public service (with over 20 years as a prosecutor), he has requested an appointment to Senior Judge status to “assist his fellow judges in doing their best to relieve the backlog that was created by the pandemic shutdowns.” In his official announcement, Judge Simms notes that he has had the privilege of working with “colleagues that [he] regards as some of the finest jurists in the state.”

Over the next few weeks and months, please join us in letting Judge Simms know how much we appreciate his dedication, perseverance, and commitment to the bench and our profession. We wish you the best as you prepare for your next endeavor. Godspeed sir!

05/04/2023

James Bates Brannan Groover LLP is proud to announce that Joseph E. Burtner has joined the firm.

MACON, GA– James Bates Brannan Groover LLP, a full-service law firm with offices in Macon, Atlanta, and Athens announces the addition of attorney Joey Burtner to the firm’s Commercial and General Litigation practice groups.

His practice focuses on commercial and civil litigation matters such as contracts, municipal government, and insurance defense.
Prior to joining James Bates Brannan Groover LLP, Joey gained experience in a wide variety of legal matters. During Law School, he clerked for Chief Judge Howard Sims, earned a certificate in mediation, and assisted the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in applying for status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

James Bates Brannan Groover LLP is excited to have the knowledge, standards, and dedication that Joey brings to the team. His new contact information is as follows:

Joseph E. Burtner
Attorney 478.749.9927
[email protected]

For more information about James Bates Brannan Groover LLP, visit www.jamesbatesllp.com.