About

Nicola Cummings is a dedicated lawyer in McDonough, Georgia, specializing in criminal defense, family law, and personal injury cases.

Lawyer Nicola Cummings is an aggressive criminal defense lawyer in Henry County, Georgia. She devotes herself to the practice areas of Criminal Defense, Family Law, and Personal Injury Law. Cummings attended Mercer University Law School and Virginia University School of Law, where she earned a Masters of Law in Forensic Justice.

Lawyer Cummings has an extensive career in criminal law. She began her career in criminal justice at Gwinnett County Police Department as a Crime Scene Investigator, where she investigated all types of crime scenes from burglaries to homicides for almost 10 years. She analyzed crime scenes, collected evidence, processed all types of forensic materials for potential DNA, fingerprints, and other trace evidence. She also forensically exploited Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq and Afghanistan for possible evidence. She is a POST Identification Technician and a Certified Latent Print Examiner - a fingerprint expert. She has testified as a fingerprint expert on five occasions.

During law school, she interned at the Bibb County Office of the Public Defender and the Houston County District Lawyer Office. After graduating law school, she prosecuted misdemeanors including all types of traffic citations, DUIs, domestic cases, forgery, and conducted various types of hearings: motions, restitutions, probation revocations. She has independently handled approximately 40 bench trials and jury trials.

As a defense attorney, she has defended felony cases such as murder, child molestation, aggravated assault, battery, and various other crimes and misdemeanors.

Legal Issues

Criminal Law

Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Personal Injury

Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

DUI & DWI

Certificates

Certified Latent Print Examiner
The International Association for Identification

Languages

• English: Spoken, Written

Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience

• Owner / Lawyer
  Nicola Cummings Law Office, LLC
  2017
• Assistant Solicitor General
  Henry County Solicitor General Office
  2017
• Lawyer
  The Veal Law Office
  2016
• Intern
  Macon Bibb Public Defender Office
  2014
• Intern
  Houston County District Lawyer Office
  2013
• Certified Latent Print Examiner/Lab Manager
  Six3System Inc.
  2010
• Crime Scene Investigator
  Gwinnett County Police Department
  2001

Education

Associations

Costs

• Payment With Credit Card

Location