Lashonda Council-Rogers

Lashonda Council-Rogers is the founder and owner of Council & Associates, LLC and represents people who have suffered serious injuries. Her personal injury practice includes tractor-trailer accidents, automobile accidents, premises liability, and daycare center abuse. She serves clients in Georgia and South Carolina and has handled significant injury matters, including a case that produced more than $29 million for a client who was paralyzed because of negligence.

Council-Rogers earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with honors from Spelman College and a Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law. Her education provided a foundation for trial advocacy, financial analysis, and legal strategy. She later developed experience serving large and small corporate clients before building a plaintiff-side practice focused on injured people and families facing serious medical, financial, and personal consequences after negligent conduct.

Council-Rogers handles injury claims involving commercial trucks, motor vehicles, unsafe property conditions, and abuse in daycare settings. Her approach emphasizes personal access and understanding each client’s individual needs while preparing matters for negotiation or trial. She has recovered millions of dollars for families in Georgia and South Carolina and has built a practice that combines litigation, client counseling, and strategic case development for people dealing with severe injuries and long-term losses.

Lashonda Council-Rogers is licensed in Georgia and South Carolina and is admitted to multiple Georgia courts and federal district courts. Her professional memberships include the Atlanta Bar Association, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Gate City Bar Association, National Bar Association, and American Association for Justice. She has received recognition from Super Lawyers and national trial-lawyer organizations and remains active in legal and civic leadership in the Atlanta community.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Council & Associates, LLC
• Member, State Bar of Georgia
• Member, South Carolina Bar
• Board Member, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys Foundation
• Executive Board, Gate City Bar Association
• Co-Chair of Communications, Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
• Member, Atlanta Bar Association
• Member, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers
• Executive Committee, The National Black Lawyers Top 100
• Member, American Association for Justice
• Member, National Bar Association
• Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Licensed State

• Georgia
• South Carolina

Education

• Howard University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Spelman College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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