Jason Downey

About Jason

Jason Downey has extensive trial experience throughout Georgia in the area of personal injury throughout his nearly 20 years of law practice. He previously worked in the Macon office of Morgan and Morgan and was in-house counsel for Allstate Insurance Company. Jason also was a sole practitioner and small business owner for a number of years where he represented injured individuals, and also served as a Certified Civil and Domestic Georgia Mediator with South Georgia ADR. His experience defending insurance companies, as well as families, provides him with unique insight to effectively represent those who have been hurt by the wrongdoing of others. He also currently serves on the Georgia State Board of Education as Chairman, a position he was appointed to in 2019 by Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp. Jason previously served as Vice-Chairman of the State Board and represents the residents of the 8th Congressional District of Georgia. He was also appointed by Governor Kemp to the Georgia Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Committee. Prior to his service on the State Board, Jason was elected to the Macon-Bibb County Board of Education where he served for four years in a variety of capacities as treasurer, vice-chairman, and legislative liaison. Jason also serves on the Board for Middle Georgia Elite Fastpitch, Inc., a girls’ tournament softball organization based out of Perry, Georgia. He graduated from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia with a B.A. in Communication Studies and from Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law in Macon, Georgia with his Juris Doctorate. Jason was born and raised in and near Charleston, West Virginia, and has called Middle Georgia his home for the past 23 years. He and his wife Connie, a native South Georgian, and their daughter Cate, live in Jones County, Georgia, where Connie has been an elementary school counselor for nearly 25 years. In their spare time, they can be found watching Cate play softball for her school and her travel ball team, traveling and spending time on Lake Sinclair.

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