Brett Willis is a criminal defense and DUI lawyer in Gainesville, Georgia, the founder of Brett Willis Law LLC, and a former instructor with Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop. He has practiced criminal law exclusively since 2005, representing people facing DUI charges, drug offenses, family violence allegations, misdemeanors, and serious felonies in Hall County and throughout North Georgia.

Brett has also taught for the Georgia Public Defender Council and the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Bill Daniel Trial Advocacy Program.

A member of the inaugural class of Gideon’s Promise, Brett received the organization’s Foot Soldier Award in 2013 and appeared in the HBO documentary Gideon’s Army that same year. His honors also include the Georgia Public Defender Council’s Defender of the Year award.

Brett earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2003 and his Master of Laws from New York University School of Law in 2004.