Amber N. Crawford
Biography
Amber N. Crawford is an Associate in our office in Columbus, Georgia, and she focuses her practice on estate planning, probates, guardianships and conservatorships, business transactions, and commercial real estate matters. She is licensed to practice in Georgia and Alabama.
Before joining Hall Booth Smith, Amber spent several years at a firm in Newnan, Georgia, where she specialized in probates and estate planning. She also represented creditors’ rights in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases, handled contract negotiations, closed commercial and residential real estate transactions, and litigated civil and transactional matters. She served as a guardian ad litem and court appointed attorney in Probate, Superior, and Juvenile Court matters and was one of two County Administrators/Conservators in the Coweta County Probate Court.
Earlier in her career, Amber served as a prosecution intern under the Third Year Practice Act in Georgia’s Northern Judicial Circuit, which included Madison, Hart, Franklin, Oglethorpe, and Elbert counties. She also completed several other internships in probate and state courts.
Amber earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia, where she was a research assistant for Professor Eleanor Lanier for a grant project about the public guardianship program. She also completed a Bachelor of Business Administration, magna cum laude, at Columbus State University.
Amber served on the Board of Directors for the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division from 2022 to 2023. She previously served as a co-chairman for the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division’s Estate and Elder Law committee, which hosts First Responders Wills Clinics, providing pro-bono estate planning documents to First Responders and their spouses across the state of Georgia. Additionally, Amber currently serves as a Community Educator for the Alzheimer’s Association for the Columbus-area.
Credentials
Admitted
State Courts:
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Court of Appeals, Supreme Court
U.S. District Courts:
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. Courts of Appeals:
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education
- J.D., University of Georgia
- B.B.A., magna cum laude, Columbus State University
Memberships
- Columbus Bar Association, 2020-Present
- Columbus Inn of Court, 2022-2024
- Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
- West Central Georgia Cancer Coalition, Board Member, 2022-Present
- State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyer’s Division
- Board of Directors, 2022-2023
- Co-Chair, Estate and Elder Law Committee; 2019-2022
- Newnan/Coweta Bar Association
- Member, 2017-2020
- Board Member, 2018-2019
Recognition
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Trusts and Estates; Best Lawyers®; 2024
- Hunter with a Heart Award, Thrive at Green Island; September 2023
- Silver Client Champion, Martindale-Hubbell
Presentations
- Estate Planning
River Valley Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging, March 2024 - Estate Planning
Edward Jones, February 2024 - Five Wishes and Advance Directives
Columbus Hospice, April 2023 - Estate Planning
Network of Professional Women, January 2023
- Preparing Your Estate Plan
Edward Jones, June 2021 - Dementia Conversations: Driving, Doctor Visits, Legal & Financial Planning
Alzheimer’s Association, June 2021 - Early Stage Workshop: Care Teams/Care Planning
Alzheimer’s Association’s, April 2021 - Five Wishes and Advance Directives Planning
West Central Georgia Cancer Coalition, March 2021