About Edwin
Edwin T. (Tom) Cotton was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1944 but was reared in Cordele, Georgia and Arlington, Georgia. Tom graduated from Arlington High School in 1962. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, where he received a B.B.A. in Accounting in 1967 and a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1970. After graduation, Tom returned to Cordele, Georgia. In 1985 and 1986 Tom served as District Attorney for the Cordele Judicial Circuit at the request of Governor Joe Frank Harris and pursuant to his subsequent appointment by Governor Harris. Tom is married to Linda Fincher Cotton and they have 4 sons, 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Tom actively practiced law for over fifty (50) years. He is now semi-retired, but is regularly in the office offering sage advice to the attorneys and aggravating the staff.
Licensed States
Education
JD
University of Georgia School of Law
B.B.A. in Accounting
University of Georgia
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