Mr. Stephen Knights Jr.

2009 - 2011

Clayton County District Attorney's Office

Sr. Litigation Assistant District Attorney

Oral Argument - Guajardo v. State S11A0965 at Georgia Supreme Court Prepared and conducted Jury Trials. Supervised and conducted training sessions for Assistant District Attorneys. Prepared and conducted Motions to Suppress, Motions for new trial, and other motions. Conducted Preliminary Hearings and Bond Hearings. Presented cases to Grand Jury. Successfully completed eight appeals to the Georgia Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.

2007 - 2009

Griffin Judicial Circuit - Office of District Attorney

Assistant District Attorney

Prepared and conducted Jury Trials and Bench Trials. Prepared and conducted Motions to Suppress. Conducted Preliminary Hearings. Presented cases to Grand Jury. Prepared Accusations and Indictments for over one thousand cases. Interviewed law enforcement officers; drug experts; and other witnesses.

2006 - 2007

Clayton County Solicitor General's Office

Assistant Solicitor General

Completed a successful appeal. Curtis et al v. The State, 285 Ga. App. 298 (2007) Recipient of Professional Image Award Prepared and conducted Jury Trials and Bench Trials. Argued Motions to Suppress. Prepared Accusations for over one thousand cases. Interviewed police officers; experts; drug testers; victims; and other witnesses. Completed training for The Georgia Crime Information Center

2005 - 2005

WASHTENAW COUNTY OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER

Intern

Represented over one hundred clients in misdemeanor cases under Michigan Court Rule 8.120 (a) which allows law students to practice law under the supervision of a member of the bar. Conducted intensive interviews of clients and witnesses. Learned how to calculate Michigan Sentencing Guidelines. Learned how to code files under Criminal Disposition Codes. Completed documentation on analysis of cases.

2004 - 2004

Innocene Project

Intern

Reviewed post conviction Michigan case files of inmates to see whether there was strong evidence of factual innocence; and prepared appropriate cases for court action. Learned case screening procedures, reviewed case histories, investigated facts, interviewed involved persons, wrote case time lines and summaries, prepared case evaluations.

1998 - 1988

New York Police Department

Intern, 17th Precinct

Honors: While in Law School, Mr. Knights was Winner of the First-Year Moot Court Competition, Best Advocate of Intra-School Mock Trial Competition, and Winner of the Intra-School Alternative Dispute Resolution Competition. He received the Distinguished Student Award as well as several other notable awards.

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School

J.D.

Activities: While at John Jay, Attorney Knights was a member of the Firearms Training Society. He was also an Auxiliary Police Officer with the New York City Police Department (NYPD).

City University of New York - John Jay College of Criminal Justice

B.A. | Criminal Justice (Major), Psychology (Minor)