W. Dow Bonds, Esq.

Federal Felony & State of Georgia Criminal Defense Attorney
2004 to Present


Former Assistant District Attorney
1999-2004

Eastern Judicial Circuit
Savannah Metro Area/Chatham County

Tifton Judicial Circuit
(Tift, Turner, Worth, and Irwin Counties)

Criminal Defense Attorney (Atlanta, GA)
1994-1999

Bar Admissions:
State Bar of Georgia, 1994
United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Georgia Supreme Court
Georgia Court of Appeals

Education
Thomas M. Cooley School of Law,
Lansing, Michigan, Juris Doctorate, 1993
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 1988
B.P.A., Bachelor of Public Administration.
Business Administration & Economics.

Professional Associations and Memberships
State Bar of Georgia
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Savannah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
American Bar Association 
International Association of Prosecutors 1999-2003

W. Dow Bonds is a former Assistant District Attorney with over 17 years experience as a criminal trial attorney. Mr. Bonds has tried numerous felony and misdemeanor jury trials. Prior to his experience as a prosecutor, Mr. Bonds served as a criminal defense attorney in Atlanta, GA, covering criminal cases in the surrounding Atlanta Metro area.

Mr. Bonds has extensive contacts across the State of Georgia in law enforcement, the judiciary, and the criminal defense bar, which allows him to effectively represent clients all over the State of Georgia. Mr. Bonds is licensed to practice in all courts of Georgia, the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, as well as the Federal Courts in the Southern District of Georgia. Prior to his experience as a criminal attorney, Mr. Bonds clerked for the United States Attorney's Office, Western District of Michigan in Grand Rapids, Michigan while attending law school in 1992.

Attorney Profile
W. Dow Bonds, Esq.
Attorney at Law

The Bonds Law Firm
P.O. Box 30507
Savannah, GA 31410
Office:  912.335.3220
Facsimile: 1+888.289.4056

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*Licensed to practice law in the State of Georgia since 1994
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