Honors and Awards:

• In Cooper v. State, Mr. Healan successfully argued before the Georgia Supreme Court to have part of Georgia's implied law declared unconstitutional.  After this decision, law enforcement could no longer require a motorist to submit to blood or urine testing after a serious accident without probable cause to arrest. , Best Case of the Year, Georgia D.O.D.D. Group, 2003
• This award was also for Mr. Healan's representation of Mr. Cooper in the Supreme Court Case of Cooper v. State., Case of the Year, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2004
• This is the highest rating on this attorney rating site.  , 10 out of 10 ranking, AVVO.com, 2011

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Georgia D.O.D.D. Group, a select group of the most experienced DUI lawyers in Georgia
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Past Chairman of the Barrow County Indigent Defense Comittee
• Past President of the Piedmont Judicial Circuit Bar Association

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Presented a lecture regarding administrative license suspension hearings at a seminar sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education., Speaker, Using the ALS Hearing to Win at Trial, Georgia Institute Of Continuing Legal Education
• Presented a lecture regarding search and seizure issues in a seminar sponsored by the Georgia Indigent Defense Council., Speaker, Search and Seizure Issues in Drug Cases, Georgia Indigent Defense Council
• Presented a lecture regarding discovery issues in criminal cases to other members of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Speaker, Criminal Discovery, Georgia Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers Fall Seminar

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Mr. Healan has tried over 100 jury trials and numerous bench trials. 

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Cooper v. State.  This was another landmark DUI case that Mr. Healan won in the Georgia Supreme Court.  In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that the police could no longer require motorists to submit to blood or urine testing after an accident involving a fatality or serious injury when there was no probable cause for arrest.  The Georgia statute that had allowed this practice was declared unconstitutional.
• King v. State.  This was a landmark case that Mr. Healan won in the Georgia Supreme Court.  In this case, the Supreme Court decided that the district attorney did not have the authority to issue a subpoena for a defendant's medical records in a DUI case. 
• State v. Frazier.  This case, which Mr. Healan won at the Georgia Court of Appeals, was one of the first cases to clarify that a defendant could not be charged with drug possession based on a positive blood or urine test given in a DUI case.

Educational Background:

• BBA - Economics, Cum Laude, University of Georgia, 1993
• Juris Doctor - University of Georgia School of Law, 1996