Zell & Zell

ATLANTA, GA 30308 SAVANNAH, GA 31401 Attorney Rodney Zell has been a lawyer since June 9, 1992. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and Mercer University School of Law. He primarily focuses on post conviction matters and criminal defense. Post conviction involves cases in which a person has been convicted of a crime and seeks to reduce hi... s/her sentence, overturn his/her conviction, or obtain a new trial. On January 8, 2019, I was there when a client I have been representing for most of his imprisonment walked out of prison after 18 years as a free man. His extraordinary motion for new trial was granted, his conviction was vacated and dismissed! When I first read the trial transcript, I could not believe a person could be imprisoned based on the evidence presented. I kept trying different actions to get justice. I filed numerous open records requests before the G.B.I., in 2018, found misplaced records that led to new DNA results exonerating my client. Links to the story above: ZELL & ZELL HAS ADDED ONLINE APPOINTMENTS FOR PHONE CONFERENCING. DUE TO THE LARGE VOLUME OF PHONE CALLS ESPECIALLY FROM THE PRISON SYSTEM, ALL CLIENTS AND POTENTIAL CLIENTS WILL BE BETTER SERVED BY MAKING A PHONE APPOINTMENT ONLINE. On May 17, 2019, Attorney Zell learned he won a habeas on behalf of his client in Hancock County. The habeas court did not notify any of the parties but the habeas judge did sign the proposed order prepared by Attorney Zell. On February 18, 2019, a Gwinnett County judge granted a habeas corpus overturning two armed convictions obtained after the defendant had pled guilty in Fulton County. On December 10, 2018, Attorney Zell won his 14th case in the Georgia Supreme Court when the Court ruled that a habeas petitioner had not waived his right when he was sentenced to file a habeas corpus. On December 7, 2018, the Stephens County District Attorneys Office agreed to a sentence modification after a motion for new trial was heard. The original sentence was 25 years to serve without parole. The new ...Read More