Robert L. Fortson
Vice President
State Government Relations
Rob Fortson serves as a vice president in McGuireWoods Consulting's State Government Relations group and also practices law with McGuireWoods LLP. He has experience in education, healthcare, legislative and regulatory law, and labor & employment matters. Before joining McGuireWoods Consulting, he served as Of Counsel at Georgia360 Public Affairs and as a litigation and trial attorney with Turner Bachman & Garrett. Rob has also served in various roles in and around federal, state and local government, including stints in the legal counsel's office at the U.S. Department of Education and the Georgia Municipal Association, and a two-year clerkship for U.S. District Court Judge Thomas W. Thrash.
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Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2005
- University of Virginia, B.A., 2000
- University of Edinburgh, Studies in Honors English, Spring 1999
Past Positions
- Of Counsel, Georgia360, 2009-11
- Attorney, Turner Bachman & Garrett, 2009-11
- Attorney, Alston & Bird, 2007-09
- Federal Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Judge Thomas W. Thrash, 2005-07
- Legal Extern, Georgia Municipal Association, 2005
- Legal Intern, U.S. Department of Education, 2004
- Teacher, Baltimore County School System, 2000-02
- Teacher, Teach for America, 2000-02
Honors and Memberships
- Georgia Bar Association
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce
- Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Civic Affiliations
- KIPP Strive Academy, Advisory Council
- Teach for America-Atlanta, Alumni Board of Directors
- The Ben Franklin Academy, Board of Overseers
- Village Church of East Atlanta, Founding Member and Legal Counsel
- Coalition Development
- Executive and Legislative Affairs
- Local Government Relations
- Strategic Communications & Grassroots
- State Government Relations
