Attorney Cori Henris Whitford graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2022. During law school, Cori was the president of the Public Interest Law Council (PILC) and a member of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law (JIPL). In her third year, JIPL chose her note for publication.

Cori has exclusively worked as a criminal defense attorney since graduation. Prior to working with Crawford and Boyle, Cori was an Assistant Public Defender with the DeKalb County Public Defender’s Office for three and a half years. Before her full-time employment there, Cori spent law school semesters interning with the DeKalb Public Defender as well as the Waycross Public Defender and the Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender.

Cori has always worked diligently to gain favorable outcomes for her clients and has had several not guilty verdicts in jury trials in DeKalb County State Court.

Prior to law school, Cori attended Valdosta State University, where she majored in Political Science with a minor in Psychology. During undergrad, she was the president of her sorority, Phi Mu. She graduated magna cum laude in the fall of 2018.

Fun fact:

Cori’s family owns a winery – Corina Wines