Donovan D. Potter, Sr.

Donovan is an Ohio native that has lived in Georgia for almost a decade. He graduated from Miami University (Ohio) where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the Farmer School of Business and a second Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology and Health. Donovan was also a scholarship Division 1 football player at Miami and earned the Redhawk Scholar-Athlete Award for four years. After Miami, Donovan attended and graduated with his Juris Doctorate from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law.

During law school, Donovan served on the Journal of Law and Education and was on the moot court team for transactional law, and competed in a negotiation competition in Chicago, IL. Throughout law school, Donovan interned with several law firms and companies gaining valuable experience that provided great training for serving as legal counsel to various clients.

Prior to working with The Fowler Firm, Donovan worked at a nationally recognized plaintiff’s law firm handling catastrophic and severe personal injury cases. Donovan has represented clients that were involved in automobile accidents, truck accidents, premises liability cases, and negligent security cases. He also has the benefit of working as a defense attorney for over five years prior to becoming a plaintiff’s attorney. Prior to becoming a plaintiff’s attorney, Donovan worked at the region’s largest litigation-only civil defense firm and was also an in-house attorney for the City of Atlanta. Donovan has a wealth of experience from both the plaintiff and defense sides that provides him the knowledge necessary to fully evaluate your case from both sides.

Donovan has been nationally recognized by numerous organizations such as Super Lawyers and is a graduate of the 2021 LEAD Class of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association.

While not practicing law, Donovan enjoys spending time with his family and friends, exercising, watching sports, and traveling.

EDUCATION

• J.D., University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
• B.S., Miami University (Ohio)

ORGANIZATIONS

• State Bar of Georgia
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
• Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.