Michelle C. F. Derrico
888-340-8026 (Toll free)
Michelle C. F. Derrico was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Southern California. She graduated from high school in Atlanta and moved to Athens, Georgia to attend the University of Georgia. Michelle received a Bachelor of Science in agriculture from the University of Georgia in 1981, with a dual major in microbiology and animal science, and a Juris Doctor in 1990.
Michelle financed and supplemented her diverse education with a diverse employment history. She has worked building pool tables, in a malaria lab, as a wine consultant, in the Georgia State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, and in a ketchup and condiment factory, as a small sample. As an attorney, Michelle served as an assistant public defender in both Georgia and Virginia and has been in private practice in both states.
Areas of Practice
- Agriculture Law
- Criminal Law
- Drug Violations
- Education Law
- Felonies
- Misdemeanor
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Public Schools
- Student Rights
- Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
- Livestock
- Family Law
- Traffic -- Commercial Trucking
Litigation Percentage
- 80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1990
- Virginia, 1992
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1998
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 1990
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1999
Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
- J.D. - 1990
- University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
- B.S.A. - 1981
- Major: Microbiology/Animal Science
Classes/Seminars
- Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Law in Virginia, NBE, 2004 - Present
- Personal Injury for Paralegals, NBE, 2002 - Present
- Legal Writing, Virginia Western Community College, 1995 - 2006
Past Employment Positions
- Law Office of John S. Edwards, Associate, 1998 - 2005
- Virginia Public Defender Commission, Assistant Public Defender II, 1992 - 1998
- Office of the Public Defender, Northern Judicial District of Georgia, 1990 - 1992
