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A native of Chicago, Illinois Matthews attended schools in the Chicago Public School system from Kindergarten through her graduation from Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center where she received her High School Diploma. Currently, she resides in the metro Atlanta area with her husband and son.
 
Attorney Matthews began her collegiate studies at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina in the Fall of 1997. During her college career, she remained at the top of her college class (President’s List almost every semester) and was inducted into the Alpha Lamdba Delta Honors Society as a Freshman. Matthews hews completed her college studies in 3 ½ years (a semester ahead of schedule) with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science, with a minor in Social Work.
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Attorney Regina J. Matthews
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In addition to maintaining high academic credentials, Matthews was very active in many collegiate organizations including her campus’ chapter of the NAACP, Minority Assistance Peer Program mentoring organization and the Black Student Alliance to name a few. She also worked part-time at the Law Offices of Eddye L. Lane, a firm specializing in a variety of practice areas. For nine months following her college education, Regina continued her studies by working full-time as a Legal Assistant and Researcher with the Masella Law Firm in Columbia, South Carolina.

Having received scholarship offers from law schools across the country, she was accepted admission into Emory University School of Law in the Fall of 2001. While in law school, Matthews volunteered with the Emory Law Clinic, served as Community Service Chairperson for the Black Law Students Association, served as a Residence Hall Director for dormitories at the University and Interned with the Chicago Legal Clinic and the Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office. She received several scholarships and grants during her law studies including the Emory Public Interest Committee’s Public Interest Law Institute Grant and a scholarship from the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys.

Immediately after law school, Matthews was offered a full-time position as an attorney with the Dekalb County Office of the Public Defender where she received invaluable training and experience as a trial attorney. During her first year-and-a-half, she won twelve of her first fifteen trials in State Court. Attorney Matthews resigned from the Public Defender’s Office in April of 2009 and has been in private practice since. Attorney Matthews specializes in criminal cases and contested and uncontested divorces.

Matthews has spent her legal career being a zealous advocate for her clients in Georgia courts for over 5 years.

“The best attorney, in my opinion, is the one who holds steadfast to the belief that our courts must thrive on the concepts of fairness, liberty, justice and equal protection for all. The attorney must demand that those principles, which are guaranteed by the highest law of our land, be applied- in every case.”
-Regina Matthews