Yari Lawson

Yari D. Lawson is a founding partner of Kunnatha Lawson Georgia Injury Lawyers. Yari served as an Assistant Public Defender in the Macon Judicial Circuit and as Assistant District Attorney in the Fulton County District Attorney's Office. As a criminal defense attorney, Yari worked on many serious felony trials throughout the state of Georgia. Yari tried and obtained acquittals on his two murder trials as a criminal defense lawyer. His personal injury trial practices focuses on wrongful death, catastrophic injuries, and traumatic brain injuries. In his spare time, Yari enjoys traveling, exercise, and volunteering with youth sports and is an avid Georgia Bulldog fan. Yari has been recognized by the Best of Gwinnett as a personal injury lawyer, his firm received the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce, minority business of the year in 2024, he is a graduate of the American Association for Justice Leadership Academy, Georgia Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy, Leadership Gwinnett. He is a Champions Member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, Million Dollar Forum, Western Trial Lawyers Association, National Trial Lawyers Association Top 100, and National Black Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100. Yari serves on the Board of Directors for the Partnership Against Domestic Violence. Yari started the Yari Lawson Athletic Fund to help underprivileged youth athletes afford the cost of competing in youth league sports.

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Education

Morehouse College, BA, Business Administration 2002 -

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, JD, 2006 -

Admissions

Georgia, 2007 -

Court of Appeals, Georgia -

Memberships

American Bar Association -

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association -

The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 -

National Black Lawyers, Top 100 -

Young Lawyers Division, Newsletter Co-Editor, 2014-2016 -

Young Lawyers Division, Executive Council 2010-2012 -

Young Lawyers Division, Board of Governors, 2012 -

Gwinnett County Bar Association, President -

American Association for Justice, Leadership Academy Graduate 2023 -

Leadership Gwinnett -