Jennifer Cotton
Associate

1100 Peachtree Street NE Suite 2800, Atlanta, GA USA 30309

Overview

Jennifer Cotton focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Jennifer was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Lisa Godbey Wood in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Previously, Jennifer was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Michele J. Kim in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

While attending law school, Jennifer served as a legal intern at an inter-agency coalition in New York City that addresses the problem of targeted attacks on education during armed conflict, and she served as a summer associate at a plaintiffs’ firm in Atlanta. She was co-Executive Notes Editor of the Georgia Law Review and an advocate in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the Hulsey-Gambrell Moot Court Competition, and the National Trial Competition. Jennifer also studied abroad at the Georgia Law-Leuven Centre Global Governance Summer School in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Jennifer was recognized as one of the "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch" in 2025 for Commercial Litigation by The Best Lawyers in America®.

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Education

New York University B.A., Philosophy (2016) Minors in Law & Society and French, cum laude

University of Georgia School of Law J.D. (2019) magna cum laude, Order of the Coif

Admissions

Georgia (2020)

Clerkships

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia - Honorable Lisa Godbey Wood (Sep 2020-Sep 2021)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia - Honorable Michele J. Kim (Sep 2019-Sep 2020)

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