Grady O. Morton, Jr. is a former Air Force jet fighter pilot and decorated combat veteran of more than 60 missions over Iraq in the F-16.  He is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and earned a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Mr. Morton is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia.  He also holds memberships in several law-related associations, including the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, the Atlanta Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

Mr. Morton serves part-time as an Air Force Reserve JAG (military attorney), currently assigned to the 42d Air Base Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.  He holds the rank of Major and is scheduled to deploy to Baghdad, Iraq, in support of the Global War on Terrorism, in the Spring of 2010. 

Mr. Morton is committed to giving back to the community.  In 2007, working closely with United States District Court Judge Jay Zainey (E.D. La.), Mr. Morton spearheaded an initiative that resulted in the first-ever establishment of a legal assistance clinic in a homeless shelter in Atlanta.  Since then Mr. Morton has devoted many hours of his own time helping homeless clients solve their legal problems.