Jonathan Hawkins is a business lawyer for lawyers. As the founder of Law Firm GC, he helps attorneys and law firms navigate the legal challenges of running a practice. He serves as Outside General Counsel to law firms and assists lawyers in starting law firms, law firm structuring, partnership agreements, lateral moves, separation agreements, law firm dissolutions, health crisis planning, and succession planning.

Over the years, Jonathan has worked with firms of all sizes. From solo practitioners to organizations with more than two hundred attorneys, from start- ups to those generating nine-figure revenues, he’s done it all. His clients span nearly every practice area—personal injury, family law, immigration, criminal defense, insurance, corporate, real estate, employment, estate planning, and even highly specialized niches.

Jonathan is a third-generation Georgia Tech engineer and second-generation lawyer.  If he wasn’t doing this, he’d be a drummer in a Reggae band.

He went to law school at the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was the Managing Editor of the Georgia Law Review. Before that he graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology, with a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Between undergrad and law school, he took some time off and lived in Costa Rica for a few months to learn Spanish, then moved to Colorado to work and learn how to snowboard. After that, he decided it was time to grow up.

He’s been named as a Top 100 Lawyer in Georgia by SuperLawyers and has an AV Preeminent Peer rating from Martindale-Hubbell. In 2016, he was recognized as one of the Most Influential Attorneys in Georgia.

He also hosts the Founding Partner Podcast, where he interviews law firm founders and shares the lessons they’ve learned along the way.

During his career, he has served in various capacities in state and federal government, including:

  • Legal Counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the Georgia House of Representatives
  • Outside Counsel to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission
  • Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta Circuit Supervisory Panel Member
  • Judicial Clerkship with the Honorable John F. Nangle of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia

Education + Memberships

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, University of Georgia School of Law
    • Managing Editor, Georgia Law Review
  • B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology

Clerkship + Related Experience

  • The Honorable John F. Nangle, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia
  • Legal Counsel, Judiciary Committee of the Georgia House of Representatives

Bar Memberships

  • Georgia
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas