About Lawrence Walker
Lawrence Cohen Walker Jr. is an attorney primarily based in Perry, Georgia, with over six decades of legal knowledge. He is a founding partner of Walker Hulbert Gray & Moore, LLP, a company based in 1965 that has grown to become the largest in Houston County, comprising 8 lawyers with extra than 150 years of combined legal experience. The firm gives a common civil practice in all state and federal courts within the Middle Georgia area, representing people, small agencies, companies, banking establishments, and municipal governments in various legal matters. Born in Macon, Georgia, in 1942, Mr. Walker earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1965. During his time at the university, he was an active member of Phi Delta Phi, serving as the Magister of the Wilson Inn in 1965.
Held the role of Associate Justice on the University of Georgia Honor Court from 1963 to 1965. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Walker has a distinguished records in public service. He served as a Judge for the Perry Municipal Court from 1966 to 1972 and used to be a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia from 1969 to 1976. His political profession consists of serving as a State Representative in the Georgia General Assembly from 1973 to 2004, where he held the position of Majority Leader from 1986 to 2004. He also served as Chairman of the State Legislative Leaders Foundation from 1998 to 2001 and was an At-large Member of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents from 2009 to 2017. Mr.
Walker's legal know-how spans several practice areas, including personal injury, DUI & DWI, household regulation, divorce, business law, estate making plans, property law, appeals & appellate, construction litigation. Health care law. His company handles many cases, from private personal injury cases to complex enterprise transactions and estate making plans. The firm's actual estate practice covers commercial real estate, residential transactions, and land use and zoning issues. In the appellate area, Mr. Walker has represented clients in a number of appellate courts, dealing with appeals in civil and felony cases. Throughout his career, Mr.
Walker has been acknowledged for his contributions to the legal career. In 2014, he received the American Bar Association Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which honors lawyers who've demonstrated significant lifetime difference and remarkable fulfillment of their practice. Mr. Walker is a member of the Houston County Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia. He is also the writer of "Life at the Gnat Line," a set of his widely read columns on household, Southern lifestyles, politics, and more.
