Jacquelyn H. Saylor

About Jacquelyn H. Saylor

Attorney Jacquelyn H. Saylor is a founding partner of The Saylor Law Firm LLP, located in Midtown Atlanta. A top-rated attorney with more than 30 years of legal experience, Ms. Saylor focuses her practice primarily on estate planning, probate and estate administration and estate and trust disputes.

Widely regarded as one of the pre-eminent female attorneys in the state, Ms. Saylor received the Legal Leaders Woman Leader in the Law award in 2018 and the Outstanding Woman in the Profession Achievement Award from the Atlanta Bar Association Women in the Profession section in 2016. She also holds an AV Preeminent* peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and Georgia Trend Magazine named her among the state's Legal Elite for taxes, estates and trusts. She has also received numerous other awards and honors for her professionalism and service.

A graduate of the University of Georgia, Ms. Saylor earned her Master of Arts in Modern European History from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She then attended Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, where she obtained her Juris Doctor in 1983. That same year, the State Bar of Georgia admitted her to practice.

Over the course of her career, Ms. Saylor has maintained an active presence in numerous local, state and national bar associations. She is the Past President of the Atlanta Bar Association, and she is the Past Chair for the organization's Estate Planning & Probate and Small Firm/Solo Practitioner Section, as well as Chair of the Women in the Profession Committee.

A prolific writer, Ms. Saylor edits and contributes content to the Atlanta Bar Association Estate Planning & Probate Section newsletter, The Mortmain, and she serves on the editorial board for The Atlanta Lawyer, where she has published numerous articles. She also conducts continuing legal education seminars and lectures across her region on a variety of legal topics. Ms. Saylor has recently been appointed to the Continued Legal Education Board of Trustees for the 2021-2024 term.

Committed to her local community, Ms. Saylor volunteers her time and services to various civic and charitable organizations throughout the Atlanta metro region, and she received the Chief Justice Benham Community Service Award from the State Bar of Georgia in 2004.ÿMs. Saylor was recently reappointed to the Board of Councilors of the Carter Center.

*AV?, AV Preeminent?, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell? is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell? Peer Review Rating? fall into two categories ? legal ability and general ethical standards.