Melissa Golnaz Koefod

I am a personal injury trial attorney with over 15 years of civil litigation experience in Georgia state and federal courts. My clients rely on me for strategic counsel, aggressive advocacy, and consistent communication throughout the litigation process. I handle cases from initial strategy through trial, with first-chair trial experience and a track record of favorable outcomes through litigation, mediation, and appellate advocacy.

I am experienced in managing all aspects of case development, from discovery and case strategy to motion practice, settlement negotiations, mediation, trial preparation, and appeals in civil matters relating to wrongful death, products liability, commercial trucking and transportation, premises liability, construction defects, real estate litigation, and commercial disputes.

I combine trial and advocacy skills with business judgment to anticipate opposing counsel's strategy and position clients for success, efficiently achieving positive results.

I am a Graduate of Georgia State University's College of Law and hold a certification in Business Analytics from Harvard Business School.  I have been honored with multiple awards including Entrepreneur of the Year from Questex, and was selected as a Woman of the Year candidate for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I am a contributor to Medium Magazine, a regular speaker at conferences, a sought after guest speaker for podcasts, a university guest lecturer both in the U.S. and abroad, and am licensed to Practice Law in the State of Georgia.