Ms. Edna Lynette Jimenez

Georgia State-wide Business Court

Lynette has been a licensed attorney in Georgia since 2014 and currently serves as the Senior Staff Attorney for the Georgia State-wide Business Court, presided over by the Hon. William “Bill” Grady Hamrick, III. In that role, she manages the Court’s case docket and supervises its law clerks and externs, among other Court Administration responsibilities.  Lynette was part of the team that helped establish the State-wide Business Court, which was created through a constitutional amendment in 2018 and began accepting cases on August 1, 2020. The first new statewide court in Georgia in more than a century, the Business Court is the only trial court in Georgia with statewide jurisdiction and is focused on providing specialized expertise for the efficient adjudication of complex business and commercial cases.

Prior to joining the State-wide Business Court, Lynette served as the Director for the Metro Atlanta Business Case Division, providing support to the Business Case Divisions of Fulton County State and Superior Courts and Gwinnett County State and Superior Courts. She also served as the Staff Attorney to several of the Fulton Business Case Division Judges, including the Hons. Alice D. Bonner, Kelly Lee Ellerbe, John J. Goger, Elizabeth E. Long, and Melvin K. Westmoreland. Lynette was honored by the Atlanta Bar Association for her work with the Metro Atlanta Business Case Division as Fulton County Courts Employee of the Year in 2019.

Before joining the Metro Atlanta Business Case Division, Lynette clerked in the Superior Court of Fulton County for the Hon. John J. Goger, managing a docket of both civil and criminal cases. She also previously interned with the Georgia Department of Law's Consumer Protection Division and with a Newnan, Georgia law firm. Before entering the legal field, Lynette worked in the construction management industry as a marketing, business development, and recruiting manager and during that time served on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction.

Lynette earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and International Business (magna cum laude, advanced honors), Master of Business Administration (summa cum laude, salutatorian of graduate cohort), and Juris Doctor (magna cum laude), all from Georgia State University. She is a member of the Order of the Coif, Georgia Council of Court Administrators, Georgia Hispanic Bar Association, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Congress, and World Affairs Council of Atlanta. Lynette is a registered neutral with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution, serves as a Barrister with The Judge Clarence Cooper American Inn of Court, mentors law students through various programs, and volunteers regularly with the Georgia Latino Law Foundation, among other charitable affiliations.

E. Lynette Jimenez

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