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 A. Bullard