Cumming-Forsyth Family Law, Asset Protection, Will & Trusts, Probate and Elder Law

Michelle Wilson founded the firm of Wilson Legal, PC in her hometown of Cumming, Georgia after training with leading attorneys in her fields of expertise including estate planning and probate, family law, criminal law, and business law. For a more complete list of our services please view our areas of expertise.

Wilson Legal, PC serves the North Metro Atlanta area including Canton in Cherokee County, Buford, Duluth, Lawrenceville, and Suwanee in Gwinnett County, Dawsonville in Dawson County, Dahlonega in Lumpkin County, Roswell, Alpharetta, Milton, and Johns Creek in North Fulton County and Cumming in Forsyth County.

Wilson Legal, PC offers both transactional and litigation services so we can help you both in and out of court. Our size allows us to give each client personalized attention and customized legal assistance. It is our mission to build long-term client relationships that will outlast the founding partner and continue to provide consistently excellent legal service. Our exceedingly high approval and referral rates are a testimony to our high rate of client satisfaction.

Born and Raised:

Forsyth County, Georgia in the Suwanee, Cumming, and Buford areas.

Education:

• 1997: South Forsyth High, Forsyth County, Georgia  
• 2001: Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Business Administration with a minor in Computer Information Systems from Southern Wesleyan University, Central, South Carolina
• 2004: Juris Doctorate, University of Georgia School of Law
   

Experience:

Over 600 cases, clients and families since 2004 in the areas of: probate and estate administration including executor assistance, estate planning, wills, trusts, small business corporations, personal injury, criminal law, divorce, custody, contempt, juvenile criminal charges and deprivation cases, legitimation, expungement of criminal records, materialmen’s liens both enforcement and negotiations, soft tissue personal injury car wreck matters, contract disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, foreclosures, life insurance disputes, and others. 

Ms. Wilson began her practice with a small general practice firm in Cumming and was subsequently recruited to work for a top attorney and CLE instructor in Atlanta primarily in domestic matters.  After an unfortunate event resulting in a temporary close of his practice, Ms. Wilson assisted a firm on a temporary contract basis in insurance matters involving car accidents and hotels before committing to a year as a public defender for Douglas County.  Ms. Wilson has also helped individuals with their estate planning and wealth strategies since 2007 when Wilson Legal was opened on a part-time basis.