Attorney Dionne McGee has entered private practice after her failed campaign to become a DeKalb State Court judge.

McGee, a former prosecutor with the DeKalb Solicitor General’s Office, launched Dionne McGee, P.C., Attorney & Counselor at Law on Sept. 12.

She was unsuccessful in a bid to unseat Judge Dax Lopez in the July 31 nonpartisan election.

She previously worked for the city of Atlanta and the Georgia Personnel Administration negotiating contracts.

McGee, 38, says her Decatur-based law firm is focusing on representing individuals and families in personal injury, criminal defense and family law matters. 

“We serve the entire metro Atlanta area to include Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett and Rockdale counties.”

McGee, who graduated from Redan High School in Stone Mountain, has 12 years of experience as a prosecutor and government lawyer.

“It is time for me to step out on faith and continue to fight the good fight by serving the needs of the people through my own practice,” she said in an e-mail to friends and supporters. “As I move forward with my legal career, I will continue to stand on Isaiah 1:17: ‘Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.’”

For more information, visit www.dionnemcgee.com, e-mail atty@dionnemcgee.com or call 404-549-4701.