Background
Tolley, Edward D. was born on January 31, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Tolley, Edward D. was born on January 31, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
University of Georgia (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1971. Master of Business Administration, 1974. Juris Doctor, 1975).
Worked at Cook, Noell, Tolley & Wiggins (Athens, Georgia) specializing in General Practice. Corporation, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Criminal, Bankruptcy, Domestic Relations, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation and Probate Law. Trials in all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1975, Georgia and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Georgia. 1976, United States. District Court, Middle District of Georgia and United States.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1978, United States. Supreme Court.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Barristers. Member: General Board, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1974-1975.
Moot Court Executive Board.
Instructor, Legal Research, University of Georgia School of Law, 1974-1975. Company-Author: Tolley and Hull, "Court Ordered Surgery to Retrieve Evidence in Georgia in Light of the United States Supreme Court Decision in Winston v. Lee," 37 Mercer Law Review, 1005, Spring, 1986.
Tolley, East., "The Execution of America"s Children," 6 Georgia State University Law Review 403, Spring 1990.
Contributing Author: Georgia Jurisprudence Personal Injury and Torts. Georgia Jurisprudence Criminal Law.
Member by appointment of the Governor, Commission on Criminal Sanctions and Correctional Facilities, 1988-1991. Member: Athens-Western Circuit (President, 1981) and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-1997.
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Vice President, 1981-1983. President-Elect, 1983-1984. President, 1985-1986).
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 1986-1988).
American Judicature Society. American Board of Criminal Lawyers (Vice President, 1988-1990.
Treasurer, 1994. President, 1996). The firm was started in 1964 by J. Vincent Cook and has served the Athens and surrounding counties for 30 years.
The firm provides comprehensive legal services, primarily in the area of litigation and real estate.
Firm Members have received considerable state-wide recognition for bar, civic and scholarly pursuits.
Georgia Jurisprudence Personal Injury and Torts. Georgia Jurisprudence Criminal Law. Member by appointment of the Governor, Commission on Criminal Sanctions and Correctional Facilities, 1988-1991.
Co-Author: Tolley and Hull, "Court Ordered Surgery to Retrieve Evidence in Georgia in Light of the United States Supreme Court Decision in Winston v. Lee," 37 Mercer Law Review, 1005, Spring, 1986. Tolley, E., "The Execution of America's Children," 6 Georgia State University Law Review 403, Spring 1990.
Member, Order of the Barristers. Member: General Board, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1974-1975. Moot Court Executive Board.
Instructor, Legal Research, University of Georgia School of Law, 1974-1975.