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Paul Kilpatrick graduated from the University of Georgia with an A.B. in 1963 and a J.D. in 1965. Following his successful completion of the Georgia Bar, he began practicing law in 1964.. Mr. Kilpatrick served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Conflict, from 1965-1968, leaving with the rank of Capt. JAG. Mr. Kilpatrick left active duty military service in 1968 to practice law in Columbus, Georgia.. Mr. Kilpatrick has served with several associations, including the Columbus Bar (President, 1975-1976), Russell County, State Bar of Georgia (Member, Board of Governors, 1975-1991; Member, Executive Committee, 1989-1994; President-Elect, 1990-1991; President, 1992-1993; Immediate past President, 1993-1994; Chairman, Family Law Section, 1980-1981; Member, Board of Bar Examiners, 2000-2006), Chair of the Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Legal Education, The Florida Bar, Alabama State Bar, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association and the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents.

Amber N. Crawford is an Associate at Hall Booth Smith, P.C. in Columbus, Georgia, and she focuses her practice on estate planning, probates, guardianships and conservatorships, business transactions, and fiduciary litigation. She also represents clients in commercial real estate matters.. Before joining Hall Booth Smith, Amber spent several years at a firm in Newnan, Georgia, where she specialized in probates and estate planning. She also represented creditors’ rights in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases, handled contract negotiations, closed commercial and residential real estate transactions, and litigated civil and transactional matters. She served as a guardian ad litem and court appointed attorney in Probate, Superior and Juvenile Court matters, and was one of two County Administrators/Conservators in Coweta County Probate Court.. Earlier in her career, Amber served as a prosecution intern in Georgia’s Northern Judicial Circuit, which included Madison, Hart, Franklin, Oglethorpe and Elbert counties. She also completed several other internships in probate and state courts.. Amber earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Georgia School of Law, where she was a research assistant for Professor Eleanor Lanier for a grant project about the public guardianship program and the Founder and President of the Older Wise Law Students (OWLS) program. She was an academic tutor and student mentor, participated in the LLM and Judicial Clerkship Panels, and co-organized a Working in Public Interest (WIPI) Panel. She also completed a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, magna cum laude, at Columbus State University. During her undergraduate career, she was in the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars Honor Society and Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.. Amber serves as a co-chairman for the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division’s Estate and Elder Law committee, which hosts First Responders Wills Clinics, providing pro-bono estate planning documents to First Responders and their spouses all across the state.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Columbus and surrounding areas.