Georgia Legacy Law Group, LLC

Attorney John Cleveland Hill

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2004
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of Georgia

Education:

• Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia
  
  • J.D. - 2004
  • Honors: cum laude
  • Honors: Graduated in the Top 10% of his Class
• Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia
  
  • B.A. - 2001
  • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Honors: Student Body President
  • Honors: James Edward Oglethorpe Cup
  • Honors: Pattillo Leadership Prize
  • Honors: Charles Longstreet Weltner Award
  • Honors: Inaugural Recipient, President's Community Service Award

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Georgia Bar Association, Member, 2004 to Present
• Estate Planning Council of North Georgia, 2008 to Present
• Fiduciary Bar Section - Georgia Bar, Member, 2007 to Present
• Oglethorpe University Board of Trustees, 2011-2022 and 2024 to present
• Trustee’s Campus Life Committee, Chair, 2008-2009 and 2011-2013 academic terms
• Mission Fulfillment Committee, Chair, 2018-2022
• Board of Directors for Plan of Georgia, Inc.
• Campaign Steering Committee for the University’s I.W. “Ike” Cousins Center for Science and Innovation, 2019 to 2019
• Oglethorpe Alumni Association, President, 2011-2013, 2011 to 2013
• Forsyth County, Georgia Tripartite Committee, Member, 2014-2023

Attorney Rachel B. Keller

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2009

Education:

• Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
  
  • J.D. - 2009
• University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
  
  • B.S.
  • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Major: Family and Consumer Sciences

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Atlanta Bar Association Estate Planning Section, Member, Present

Attorney Laura McDonnell Barron

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2005
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of Georgia

Education:

• Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
  
  • J.D. - 2005
• Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina
  
  • B.S. - 2001
  • Major: Psychology with a concentration in Medical Humanities

Attorney Laura Barfield Baxter

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2004
• Tennessee

Education:

• Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia
  
  • J.D. - 2004
  • Honors: Mercer’s Moot Court Board and served as a student coach
• University of Georgia
  
  • B.A. - 1998
  • Major: English and Political Science

Attorney Phill Bettis, Esq.

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 1980
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1980

Education:

• Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
  
  • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 00/1980
• Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
  
  • B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration - 00/1976
  • Honors: cum laude

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Optimist Club, Member, 1980
• Leadership Georgia, Member, 1989
• Leadership Forsyth, Member, 1987
• Cumming Forsyth Bar Association, Member, 1984
• Leadership Forsyth, Inc., 1987
• Benjamin Brady Foundation, Chairperson and a Trustee
• Longstreet Baptist Church, Member, Deacon and Sunday School teacher
• Cumming, Forsyth County Bar Association, Charter President
• State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism, 2005 Chairman

Attorney Madalyn S. Davis

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2014
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of Georgia

Education:

• Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, Alabama 
  
  • J.D. - 2014
• University of Georgia
  
  • B.A. - 2011
  • Major: School of Public and International Affairs 

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Estate Planning and Probate Section – Atlanta Bar, Member, 2015-Present
• Estate planning and Probate Section – Atlanta Bar, Member-At-Large 2023-2024
• Mortmain Newsletter – Atlanta Bar, Member-At-Large