Katie Wood

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Industry Law
Occupation Attorney
Location Atlanta, GA
Introduction Education: Georgia State University, B.S. Communications (1977); College of Law, Georgia State University, J.D., cum laude (1999). Professional Background: I serve as staff attorney to Judge Wayne M. Purdom in DeKalb State Court. I teach Mass Communications Law as an adjunct professor. When in private practice, I focused on First Amendment and defamation law, as well as criminal defense. In law school, I worked as public information officer for the Supreme Court of Georgia. Bar Activities, Civic Activities: President, DeKalb Bar Association, 2007-08; newsletter editor (2004-09). Georgia High School Mock Trial, member of problem writing subcommittee (2003 to present). Special master, appointed by the Supreme Court of Georgia, In re Butler,  283 Ga. 250 (2008).