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Alan C. Harvey
Over 30 years of experience.
Mr. Harvey is in private practice in Decatur, GA. He has experience in a wide variety of cases, with particular emphasis
on Wills and probate administration.
My Mission
My Mission is to educate and build trusting relationships in the planning and preparation of your Wills so the Wills
are well suited to your individual needs. I also provide caring assistance in the administration of estates.
I educate and serve you, by building trusting relationships and giving high quality legal service suited to your individual
needs.
The Values I operate from are:
- Serve: Taking the time necessary to learn about your needs then providing you professional advice and
service based upon your individual situations when preparing your appropriate Will.
- Trusting relationships: I believe that I must earn your trust for there to be an attorney-client relationship.
This is achieved through caring about and understanding your needs.
- High quality legal advice: Advice that has over 27 years of experience and education behind it.
- Individual needs: It is necessary to learn about your life, needs and goals in order to give you expert
advice and appropriately prepared your Will.
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I invite you to review my professional experience and education.
Professional Experience and Education.
- Graduate of Furman University, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (1973); and Emory University School of Law, Juris Doctorate (1977).
- Associate Judge in the Magistrate Court of Dekalb County, 1985 to present.
- Author of “Restrictions on the Right to Direct Appeal Under Georgia's Appellate Practice Act,” published in
the Georgia State Bar Journal, Vol. 21 No. 1, August, 1984.
- Trained as a mediator through the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia (I.C.J.E.), basic and advanced courses.
- 1999 graduate of courses at The National Judicial College in Reno, NV.
- Extensive experience teaching courses to Magistrate Judges through I.C.J.E.
- Former member of the Board of Trustees of Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE).
- Continuing legal and judicial education courses taken annually.
Professional and Civic Involvement.
- Member of the State Bar of Georgia and the Fiduciary Law, Alternative Dispute, and General Practice and Trial Sections of the State Bar of Georgia.
- Member of the DeKalb Bar Association, Inc., President, 1993-94.
- Active in pro bono civil representation through the DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation.
- Member of the DeKalb Lawyers Association.
- DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation Pro Bono Public award received in 2004.
- Recognized by The Pro Bono Project of the State Bar of Georgia for work with low income citizens.
- Former member and Chair of the Advisory Board of the East Metro Service Center, American Red Cross. Former member of the
Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross.
- In 1999, the American Red Cross awarded Mr. Harvey the Clara Barton Volunteer Award Medal, given for meritorious volunteer
leadership.
- Member of Board of Directors of The Tim Redovian Memorial Fund, Inc.
- Chairman of the Avondale Estates Board of Appeals.
- Member of the Decatur Business Association.
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