ATTORNEY PROFILE: KIM FLETCHER BOWDEN, Senior Associate

706.724.0558 (phone)
706.724.4730 (fax)
kim@fhflaw.com

Practice Areas:

Education Law
Real Estate
Legal Research and Writing

Experience

Kim Fletcher Bowden was born on August 15, 1967, in Macon, Georgia, while her father, Senior Partner Pete Fletcher, was attending Mercer Law School, introducing her to the legal profession at an early age. Kim was raised in Augusta, Georgia, where she graduated from Westside High School in 1985. She attended the University of Georgia, acquiring both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in special education, and thereafter, she taught children with learning disabilities and behavioral disorders. After her foray in these fields, she decided to blend both of her parents' professions—education and the law.

After earning her law degree, Kim resided in St. Simons, Georgia, where she bought and renovated her own office building and opened a solo practice in Glynn County, Georgia. She cut her teeth on matters such as residential real estate transactions, simple estate planning, will caveats and probate proceedings. Not able to resist the pull of "the big city," Kim relocated to Atlanta and gained varied and valuable experience in several different types of firms and areas of the law: complex litigation for a large downtown firm; securities litigation with a nationally known boutique firm; residential real estate with a smaller specialization firm, and ultimately in her own firm with her best friend from law school.

After experiencing life in the big city, the lure of home town life and the grandparents brought Kim and her family back to Augusta, where she happily joined her father and uncle's firm: Fletcher, Harley & Fletcher. Kim specializes in education law, blending her education and experience in the field of special education with her law degree. In addition, Kim brings to the firm over 15 years of experience in residential real estate, as well as her knowledge and experience in fiduciary law.

Honors and Affiliations

Member, Real Property Section, State Bar of Georgia
Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review (1993-1994)
Articles Editor, Georgia Law Review (1994-1995)
National Association of Professional Mortgage Women/Georgia Chapter (2003-2007)
Licensed Georgia Real Estate Agent (Inactive)

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Basis Basics: Tax Consequences of Selling Your Residence, GEORGIA VITALITY, August 1996
Frequent speaker at seminars and events regarding real estate matters and estate planning.

Education

University of Georgia, B.S.Ed., magna cum laude, 1989
University of Georgia, M.Ed. (Special Education), magna cum laude, 1991
University of Georgia, J.D., cum laude, 1995

Community Activities and Awards

• Chair, Nearly New Shop Committee, Junior League of Atlanta (2005-2006), (Fundraiser of the Year for the League in 2005-2006)
• Volunteer, Ronald McDonald House Charities, 1997-1999
• Member, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (2007 to present)
• Honorable Mention, Writer's Digest 2008 Writing Contest (Top 100 out of 17,000 entries)