First Admitted: 2007, Georgia

Bar / Professional Activity:

Brandon served as chair of the State Bar of Georgia's Appellate Practice Committee. He oversaw the section's business, furthered its relationship with the courts and public, and successfully shepherded it through the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic., 2020
Brandon was named a Master of the Bar in the Judge Clarence Cooper Inn of Court at the Emory University School of Law., 2021
The Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers tapped Brandon to be a Vice President for the Atlanta Region., 2021
Brandon was named Vice-Chair of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' Amicus Curiae Committee, 2023

Representative Clients:

Langley v. State — Brandon restored a client’s probation sentence for his unlawful-possession-of-a-firearm conviction and ensured trial court’s power to give probation instead of prison time on most Georgia offenses., 2022
State v. Remy—Brandon successfully defended a client’s right to immunity from prosecution in the Supreme Court of Georgia., 2021
Jordan v. State—Brandon successfully protected a client’s right to withdraw his guilty plea before the trial court pronounced the sentence, notwithstanding that the plea was entered mid-trial., 2021
Debelbot v. State—Brandon secured a reversal of the client’s murder conviction because of the prosecutor’s illegal argument at trial., 2020
Taylor v. State—Brandon established the law on criminal contempt in Georgia and secured a vacatur of the client’s conviction., 2020
Mobley v. State—Brandon established the law in Georgia on black box data downloads from cars and secured a reversal of the client’s vehicular manslaughter conviction., 2019
Collier v. State—Brandon established the law in Georgia on direct and out-of-time appeals from guilty pleas and secured a vacatur of the judgment against the client., 2019
State v. Riggs—Brandon established the law that individuals convicted in sexual offenses in Georgia were entitled to at least one year of probation per count., 2017

Educational Background:

Brandon attended the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Spring Conference in Jekyll Island, Georgia., 2022
Brandon attended the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' Winter Conference in Atlanta., 2022
Brandon attended the ABA Judicial Division's Bench and Bar Academy, 2022
Brandon was part of the first corpus linguistics training open to the Georgia Bar at large., 2021

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

Brandon addresses the dangerous trend of trial counsel not preserving their clients' rights to appeal from adverse judgments., Author, Make Sure Your Right to Appeal is Preserved, 2022
Brandon warns about the downstream consequences of the Supreme Court of Georgia decision to jettison the right to move for an out-of-time appeal., Author, Ga. Supreme Court's Ruling on 'Cook v. State' Starts the Unraveling, Legal, 2022
Brandon corrects the record on others' improper advice about Georgia appellate practice., Do File Notices of Appeal, When They're the Right Thig to File, Legal, 2022
Brandon trained the criminal defense bar in Augusta, Georgia on how to conduct trial proceedings to help ensure successful appeals after convictions., Presenter, Making the Record (Augusta Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2022
Brandon trained lawyers from across Georgia on how to successfully demonstrate reversible error on appeal., Presenter, Real Talk About Reversible Error (Ga. Public Defender Council), Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2020
Brandon designed and led a three-day intensive program to help public defenders enhance their pretrial motions practice., Designer, Coordinator, Presenter, Advanced Practice Workshop (Ga. Public Defender Council), 2018

Brandon A. Bullard