Megan Usher Manly is an associate in the firm practicing primarily in the area of civil litigation.  A native of Savannah, Megan received undergraduate degrees, magna cum laude, in Spanish and Journalism from the University of Georgia in 2005.  In 2008, she graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law, and was selected to the Order of the Coif.  While in law school, Megan was awarded the Savannah Bar Association’s Judge Phyllis Kravitch Scholarship (2007), and served as an articles editor for the Georgia Law Review. 

Following law school, Megan served as a law clerk to the Honorable G.R. Smith, Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, and the Honorable B. Avant Edenfield, Senior District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia. Megan is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, Savannah Bar Association, and the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers.

Education

• University of Georgia (A.B.J., Magazines, 2005; B.A., Spanish, 2005)
  • Member of UGA Honors Program
  • Graduated magna cum laude
  • President, Zeta Tau Alpha (2004)
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Phi Kappa Phi
• University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008)
  • Order of the Coif (top 10% of graduating class)
  • Law School Association Scholarship (2006-2008)
  • 2007 Judge Phyllis Kravitch Scholarship
  • Family Violence Clinic    

Memberships

• State Bar of Georgia
• Savannah Bar Association
• Georgia Association of Women Lawyers
• Telfair Academy of Arts – Member of William Jay Society

Court Admissions

• Georgia State and Superior Courts
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Southern District of Georgia

Publication

Fear Not: How Georgia Attorneys Can Face the Child Support Change Without Anxiety, Fam. L. Rev. (Fam. L. Sec., St. B. Ga.), Feb. 2007, at 1, 20-26