Mr. Gregory Keith Hecht

Hecht Walker Jordan PC

Greg Hecht is the Managing Partner of Hecht Walker Jordan, P.C., and he is also a longstanding Mediator and Arbitrator for Henning Mediation and Arbitration Services. Greg recently mediated to resolution the Service Delivery Strategy Agreements between Cobb County and the Cities of Cobb related to the end of the transition period for the City of Mableton. Greg applauds the hard work of all County and City Leaders, Staff, Consultants and Attorneys everywhere for their hard work and leadership.

As a 36 year attorney, Greg for multiple years has been designated as a “Legal Elite” attorney by his peers as published in Georgia Trend Magazine and a “Super Lawyer” by his peers as published in Atlanta Magazine, representing the top 5% of Lawyers in Georgia in his area of practice and denoted as an AV-rated attorney, the Top Rating by Martindale Hubbell, for Legal Ability and Ethics. He has been recognized as a Best Lawyer and Hecht Walker Jordan, P.C. has been recognized as a Best Law Firm by U.S. New for multiple years including 2025. Greg has been lead counsel in over 1000 hearings and 300 trials, though the majority of those trials have been bench trials.

His specialties include Zoning/Land Use, Local Government Law, Property Tax Litigation, Construction Litigation, 42 USC § 1983 Civil Rights Litigation, Business and Real Estate Litigation, Contract, Employment & Discrimination Law, Commercial Landlord/Tenant, and Civil Litigation. Greg and his firm has assisted local governments in bond financed transactions and real property transactions related to commercial property also.

A few of Greg’s past or present local government clients include: the Dekalb County Board of Tax Assessors, the Henry County Board of Tax Assessors, Clayton County, the City of East Point, Henry County, the City of College Park, the Clayton County Water Authority, the Downtown Development Authority of the City of Morrow, the Atlanta Housing Authority, the City of Lovejoy, the Kennesaw Development Authority, the Urban Redevelopment Agency of the City of Morrow, the Clayton County Development Authority, the Housing Authority of Clayton County, the City of Hapeville, and the Urban Redevelopment Agency of the City of Morrow.

AWARDS, SERVICE AND FAMILY

Greg served as a State Senator and State Representative for several years. While in the Georgia Legislature, he received outstanding service awards from ACCG and GMA, for his service on authoring legislation related to Georgia’s counties and cities separately. Also, in the General Assembly, Greg authored and passed much legislation to protect children and elders from abuse. He received the Speak Up for Children’s Legislative Service Award from Ga. CASA given to one Ga. Senator and one Ga. Representative in the State, and he received the Ga. Council on Aging’s Legislator of the Year Award for his legislation to protect our seniors in the Senate. Greg was the Democrat Nominee for the State of Georgia for Attorney General in 2014.

Greg also served on the Georgia World Congress Center Oversight Board and assisted in the legislative oversight of a half-billion-dollar expansion of the Georgia World Congress Center. Greg has drafted ordinances and policies for local governments, and Greg has helped to safeguard local governments and citizens for over thirty (30) years in his practice.

Greg was the recipient of Chancellor’s Award-Algernon-Sydney Sullivan Award, “Given to One Male and One Female in the Graduating Class at UNC- Chapel Hill Who Best Demonstrate Unselfish Interest in Human Welfare.”

For Children’s Rights, Greg worked with a great team and Chaired the Southern States Steering Committee and worked on class litigation with a great team to ensure disabled inmates between 17 and 21 years of age received the education required under federal education laws. In October 2022, Greg received the Children's Rights Atlanta Inspiration Award “Given Annually to an individual making extraordinary contributions to children so that they can live free from fear, abuse and exploitation.”

In addition to his work for Children’s Rights, Greg served 16 Years on the Alzheimer’s Services Center Board and 3 Years as Chairperson, 10 Years on the Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity Board including a term as President, 9 Years on the Families First Board (Atlanta’s First Orphanage), and 5 Years on the Prevention Plus Board which works to keep teens off the street and into organized community activities. He has served as a Soup Kitchen volunteer for over 7 Years also.

Greg has also served over 10 years on the Carter Center’s Board of Counselors, and he is a current member of the Board of Counselers for the Carter Center. He and his colleagues mourn the very recent loss of President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalyn Carter.

Greg is most proud of being a father. He is the adoptive father of twin daughters who were born to another family that lost the girls from birth due to a medical problem. The girls started their lives in foster care. At the age of 4, the girls were adopted by Greg and his family. Greg is also the proud father of a 26 year-old son.