Jehan El-Jourbagy Joins Law Firm

Haygood, Lynch, Harris, Melton and Watson, LLP, has announced that Mrs. Jehan Y. El-Jourbagy will join the law firm as an associate attorney on Monday, August 14.

Mrs. El-Jourbagy is originally from Monticello, where she graduated from jasper County High School as salutatorian in 1996. She received degrees in journalism and political science from the University of Georgia in 2000, graduating with high honors, and she also studied at the American University in Cairo for a semester.

In 2000, Mrs. El-Jourbagy was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society.

She received her law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law, and spent a year as a visiting student at the University of Oregon School of Law. While in law school, she served as the president of the Environmental Law Association, hosting a conference and lectures, and she was honored with the Equal Justice Works Public Interest Award.

During the summers, Mrs. El-Jourbagy worked for a law firm in London, England and for legal advocacy groups in Oregon.

As a member of the Oregon bar, she specialized in workers compensation, social security and unemployment law for two years.

For the last year, she served as a judicial law clerk for judges in the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit, which includes Jasper, Baldwin, Green, Hancock, Jones, Morgan, Putnam, and Wilkinson counties. Her work with judges resulted in a familiarity with court room protocol and the local legal community, and she gained greater experience in Georgia legal research and writing.

Mrs. El-Jourbagy’s husband, Tyson Harty, will teach science at Jasper County High School this fall. The couple lives in Jasper County.

Mrs. El-Jourbagy is a member of the Georgia Bar Association, and will maintain a general practice in Monticello and Forsyth. Appointments may be made by calling 706-468-8846 or 478-994-5171.