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Stephanie O. Burgess is the owner and managing attorney of the Burgess Law Group, LLC, located in historic downtown Savannah, Georgia. Her practice areas include criminal defense, DUI, family law, divorce, child support, child custody and modification cases. The Burgess Law Group is well-known as “The Small Firm with The Big Fight.”
Boasting a legal career that has spanned 20 years, Stephanie’s accolades include but are not limited to the following: She received a badge for 2025, the National Black Lawyers Top 100. In 2024, she was voted best family law attorney and best law firm in the Coastal Empire by the Savannah Morning News. In 2023, she was honored as the Businesswoman of the Year by the Greater Savannah Black Chamber. In 2022, shepassionately assisted in establishing a women’s section or the formalization of the Women Lawyers Forum of the Ghana Bar Association through her work with National Bar Association’s Women Lawyers Division (NBA-WLD) International Committee as co-chair of the committee. In 2021, she appeared as legal counsel on the popular reality television show, 90-day Fiancée. Ms. Burgess was also showcased in the July 30, 2021edition of Ebony magazine, A Father’s Interest: Attorney Stephanie Burgess Breaks Down Child Support Rights to A Black Dad. In 2020, she was named National Trial Lawyers Top 100 for Criminal Defense, the National Black Lawyers Top 100, and was also included in Savannah Magazine’s Top Lawyers in 2020 and in 2019. American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys named her a Top 10 Attorney in 2019 and in June 2016, she was featured as one of South Magazine’s Finest Lawyers.
Burgess Law Group hosts regular seminars on various legal topics. These seminars are free to the public.
Prior to hanging her own shingle, Stephanie was a law clerk for City of Atlanta Municipal Court and worked as a staff attorney for Fulton County Superior Court. Prior to law school she worked as a P.O.S.T. certified law enforcement officer for approximately 10 years.
Ms. Burgess attended Clark Atlanta University and is a graduate of Savannah State University and Texas Southern School of Law.
She loves spending time with family and friends, playing scrabble and writing poetry.
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State: Georgia
Acquired: 2005
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Posted by Romie | June 05, 2026 | Hired Attorney
That does Law Firm will fight to the end
She was very professional on time didn't keep me waiting very sensitive to my case and my needs
Posted by Malaysia Morris | June 05, 2026 | Hired Attorney
Very professional and Understanding
She’s very understanding of cure circumstances and will fight for you to continue to be on the right path.
Posted by KW | June 05, 2026 | Hired Attorney
Attentive, Informative, and Intentional Representation
Attorney Burgess was attentive , informative and beyond intentional. She provided a safe place which allowed me to openly express my concerns.
Posted by Sidd | March 09, 2026 | Hired Attorney
She gets the job done
Our case was a bit complicated and we didn't know if Stephanie would take on this challenge, but she did and was able to get a temporary decision we were satisfied with, and then eventually ended up having the case decided in our favor. We would definitely recommend law firm. Thank you and your sta...
Posted by Derrick | May 16, 2024 | Hired Attorney
Amazing Lawyer
She did eveything she said she would, supported me confidently. Very Professional and had a tremendous respect for the situation. Definitely one of the best.
"I have known Stephanie Burgess for many years both personally and professionally. She is an aggressive, dedicated attorney who fights tirelessly for her clients and is well-respected in the community."
"I endorse this lawyer. Stephanie is very professional and caring towards her clients. She will fight for her clients and achieve great results."
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2021
Top One Percent, National Association of Distinguished Counsel
2021
Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2021
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2020
Top Lawyers, Savannah Magazine
2019
Top 10 Attorney, Attorney and Practice Magazine
2015
Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2015
Savannah's Finest Lawyers, South Magazine
2014
Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2013
Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2006 - 2010
Staff Attorney, Fulton County Superior Court
2005 - 2006
Staff Attorney, Municipal Court Of Atlanta
1999 - 2000
Rape Crisis Volunteer Coordinator, Clayton County District Attorney's Office
2019 - Present
National Bar Association- Women Lawyers DivisionChair- International Committee
2016 - 2017
Port City Bar AssociationPresident
2003
JD - Juris Doctor
English