Eric Andrew Coffelt

Eric Coffelt earned his Juris Doctor from Georgia State University College of Law. Prior to that, Eric attended Mercer University, where he studied criminal justice and graduated magna cum laude. While in law school, Eric competed in national mock trial competitions as part of Georgia State's distinguished Student Trial Lawyer's Association, was the Vice President of the Criminal Law Association, and was awarded the prestigious Georgia Civil Justice Foundation Scholarship for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. Virtually all of Eric's litigation experience has been in the area of criminal defense. His passion for helping those accused of criminal offenses began during law school, where he focused on Trial Advocacy, Advanced Criminal Litigation, and Forensic Evidence. While completing his education, Eric also worked on: death penalty cases in both the trial and appellate divisions of the Office of the Georgia Capital Defender in Atlanta; high profile murder cases with the Maricopa County Public Defender's Office in Phoenix, Arizona; and also worked for the Dekalb County Public Defender's Office in Decatur - where he won his first DUI jury trial before even graduating from law school. Today, in addition to fighting on behalf of his clients in the courtroom, Eric dedicates much of his time to helping educate the general public about how to preserve and protect their rights when confronted by law enforcement, and has been a vocal critic of the unscientific and unreliable procedures used in most forms of forensic evidence. For example, in October of 2010 Eric was a presenter at BIT's First Annual World Congress of Forensics in Dalian, China. At that historic gathering, which was attended by leading experts from all over the world, Eric drew their attention to the ever-growing evidence that fingerprint identification is unreliable, unscientific, and (like most other forms of forensic "science,") has been responsible for many false accusations and wrongful convictions.

Georgia State University College of Law

J.D. (2010) | Criminal Litigation, Trial Advocacy, Forensic Evidence and the Law

2007 - 2010

Honors: Awarded the Georgia Civil Justice Foundation Scholarship for Excellence in Trial Advocacy

Activities: Student Trial Lawyer's Association Criminal Law Society

Mercer University

B.S. (2006) | Criminal Justice

2004 - 2006

Honors: Graduated magna cum laude Alpha Phi Sigma Academic Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society

Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member

2013 - Current

Georgia

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