Yari D. Lawson

Kunnatha Lawson LLC
Kunnatha Lawson LLC
320 South Perry Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30043 United States

Yari D. Lawson is a native of Eatonton, Georgia. He is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. Yari received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, School of Law. Yari focuses his practice primarily on personal injury. Before going into private practice, 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. His personal injury trial practices focuses on ensuring that injured victims' right to a jury trial is protected. He is licensed to practice in the State of Georgia. Yari has served as a mentor for inner-city youth at Parks Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia and is an instructor for the Women Economic Development Agency, a non-profit school devoted to teaching women courses to start their own businesses.


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 American Association for Justice
  • The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 (Georgia)
  • National Black Lawyers, Top 100
  • Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Young Lawyers Division, Leadership Academy
  • Young Lawyers Division, Newsletter Co-Editor, 2014-2016
  • Young Lawyers Division, Executive Council 2010-2012
  • Young Lawyers Division, Board of Governors, 2012
  • Gwinnett Bar Association, President
  • Leadership Gwinnett
  • Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce, Minority Owned Business of the Year
  • Best of Gwinnett, Personal Injury Attorneys
  • Super Lawyers, 2023-2025


Practice Areas

  • Personal Injury 
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents 
  • Trucking Accidents
  • Premises Liability
  • Wrongful Death
  • Dog Bites
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