Heather A. Calhoun is a civil trial attorney in the Litigation Section. She practices in the areas of education and business litigation as well as government relations. Ms. Calhoun is a member of the firm's Education and State Capitals Teams.
Ms. Calhoun's specialty in education law includes representing colleges and universities in academic, student, faculty, and employment affairs. Ms. Calhoun also handles litigation involving contract, insurance, real estate, and employment issues for a wide variety of clients. In the area of government relations, Ms. Calhoun represents clients before the Georgia General Assembly and state and local government agencies. Ms. Calhoun has successfully defended numerous election contests and practices before the State Ethics Commission in campaign finance matters.
Ms. Calhoun graduated in the top 3 percent of her class from Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law and served as administrative editor of the Mercer Law Review. Ms. Calhoun also competed on the Family Law Moot Court Team, which won "Best Brief," and represented Mercer at the National Moot Court Competition.