LaDawn Blackett

LaDawn “LBJ” Blackett Jones is a dedicated wife, mother, author, trial attorney, television contributor, entrepreneur, former Georgia State Representative, mentor and community advocate. LBJ focuses her practice on Trademark Law, Georgia Capital Defense, and Federal Capital Defense. LBJ also supports The Starkey Law Group’s Local Government Law and Government Affairs work. As LBJ is “of counsel” to The Starkey Law Group, she still heads Atlanta’s only “holistic” law firm, the LBJ Law Group LLC.

After completing her education at Tennessee State University and Tulane Law School, LBJ began her dream job as an Assistant District Attorney in her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. She left the DA’s office in 2010 as a Chief Senior Assistant District Attorney and the office’s first Director of the Community Prosecutor division.

In 2012, LBJ was elected to the Georgia General Assembly and served two terms as the State Representative for Southwest Atlanta, College Park, East Point and Douglas County. In 2016, she was selected by Bernie Sanders to serve as the Georgia State Director for his presidential campaign. During her tenure in the General Assembly, she was on the team of legislators that created the City of South Fulton, a predominantly African American and Georgia’s 5 th largest city. LBJ also made history as South Fulton’s first City Solicitor and organizer of the viral photo of the first American city where all criminal justice leadership positions were held by African American women.

When she is not in a courtroom, LaDawn is a regular legal and political commentator appearing as a contributor each election night since 2016 on Atlanta’s 11Alive, TV One, RT America, Law & Crime News, One America News Network, MSNBC, Fox News, 1380 WAOK, CBS, Dr. Drew, iHeart Radio and several other television and radio stations throughout the country. While currently finishing her third commercial book, LBJ writes for GeorgiaPol.com, Georgia’s most popular political blog.