Our Firm
Page Pate
“Superb” rating on AVVO
Georgia “Super Lawyer” 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Georgia Trend Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Page Pate is an accomplished Georgia trial lawyer. He has been recognized by Georgia Trend Magazine as a member of “Georgia’s Legal Elite” for the last several years. He has also been named to the list of Georgia Super Lawyers for the past four consecutive years. Page has received the highest possible rating from other lawyers and judges (AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell).
Prior to starting our law firm, Page was a lawyer with two of Atlanta’s largest and most prestigious law firms – Smith, Gambrell & Russell and Jones Day. Page is a founding member of the Georgia Innocence Project. He has been an active member of the Atlanta Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, the Georgia and National Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association for many years.
Page also serves as the Legal Analyst for WABE FM 90.1, the Atlanta National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate, and he often provides his analysis of legal issues in Georgia on the morning and afternoon news shows.
Page graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he received the American Jurisprudence Award for Advocacy. He was the top advocate in several moot court competitions and was elected into the Order of Barristers. Page received his undergraduate degree from Georgia State University where he graduated magna cum laude and was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa scholarship award for being in the top ten percent of his graduating class.
Page is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court, the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Jess Johnson
A “Rising Star” on Georgia’s Super Lawyer List 2011
Jess Johnson graduated first in his class from the University of Georgia in 2006, where he attained degrees in political science and sociology. He then graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2009. During law school, Jess focused primarily on trial advocacy and criminal defense. As a third year law student, he was elected to the Mock Trial Executive Board and was a member of three different mock trial teams.
Prior to joining The Pate Law Firm, Jess worked for an Athens personal injury firm which focused on negligence claims as well as victims’ rights. Today, he remains committed to helping people who have been harmed due to the negligence of others. Jess was recently recognized as one of Georgia’s top young lawyers by Super Lawyers Magazine.
Harry D. Dixon Jr.
Harry D. “Donnie” Dixon, Jr. is “of counsel” to the firm and our resident attorney in Savannah. Donnie assists our clients in complex business disputes, government liability litigation (primarily Section 1983 cases, Bivens actions, and qui tam claims) and serious personal injury cases.
Donnie is one of the most experienced and respected advocates in Georgia. Donnie served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia (the top federal prosecutor in South Georgia) for most of the Clinton Administration. As United States Attorney, Donnie was appointed to the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee, and served on the Office of Management and Budget Subcommittee, the Environmental Crimes Subcommittee, the White Collar Crimes Subcommittee, the Healthcare Fraud Subcommittee, and the Executive Working Group. Before being appointed U.S. Attorney by President Clinton, Donnie was the District Attorney in Waycross, Georgia where he prosecuted hundreds of serious felony criminal cases.
Donnie is a graduate of the University Of Georgia School Of Law, and has practiced criminal and civil law in Georgia for over 30 years. He is a member of the National Association of Former United States Attorneys, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Savannah Bar Association, the Savannah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the American Bar Association.
