Attorney Profile

Jo L. Meeks

Jo L. Meeks

Pursley Lowery Meeks LLP
260 Peachtree Street, Suite 2000
Atlanta, GA 30303

Atlanta

Georgia (GA)

Contact Contact Jo L. Meeks
T: 404-880-7180
F: 404-880-7199

Visit: www.plmllp.com
Practice Areas: Business Litigation (40%), Professional Liability: Defense (40%), Securities Litigation (20%)

Business Litigation

Professional Liability: Defense

Securities Litigation

Industry Groups: Banking, Financial Services

Profile

Jo Meeks is a founding partner and managing partner of Pursley Lowery Meeks LLP in Atlanta. Her litigation practice focuses on the financial services industry -- business and customer disputes, insurance, banking and securities litigation, and financial/insurance industry professional liability defense. She regularly represents securities broker-dealers, registered representatives, banks, insurance companies and agents, registered investment advisers, and other financial industry companies and professionals in court and in arbitration. A former chair of the Atlanta Bar Association Litigation Section, Jo currently serves as a board member of the Atlanta Bar Foundation, as a Master with the Bleckley Inn of Court and as an arbitrator with FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). She holds a B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1979.

Selected To

Georgia Super Lawyers 2012
Georgia Super Lawyers 2011
Georgia Super Lawyers 2010

No Rising Stars publication in 2008

About Jo L. Meeks

Admitted: 1979, Georgia

Professional Webpage: www.plmllp.com/Attorney-Profiles/Jo-Lanier-Meeks.aspx

Special Licenses/Certifications:

  • Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association
  • Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Former member, Investigative Panel of the State Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of Georgia
  • Lawyers Club of Atlanta
  • State Bar of Georgia
  • Atlanta Bar Association, Past Chair,  Litigation Section
  • Master, Bleckley Inn of Court, 2011
  • Managing Partner, Pursley Lowery Meeks LLP, 2011

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Atlanta Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, 2011

Educational Background:

  • B.B.A. in Accounting, summa cum laude, University of Georgia, 1976
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