Attorney Gregory D. Coleman joined Burroughs Johnson Hopewell with more than twenty years of legal experience specializing in probate affairs. He brings to the firm a diverse background of numerous accomplishments having successfully navigated multiple career paths and special interests simultaneously. He is a published author and a renowned motivational speaker. Attorney Coleman augments his legal pursuits serving as President and General Counsel of his family’s building services firm The Coleman Group based in Atlanta.

Attorney Coleman began his career as a law clerk serving in the law offices of Benjamin Spaulding and later with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He was named Of Counsel with a family-member owned firm Coleman & Blake Attorneys at Law, and later joined the Office for Civil Rights, U. S. Department of Education as General Attorney.

Memberships
State Bar of Georgia
Gate City Bar Association
Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Eta Lambda Chapter
100 Black Men

Directorships (present and recent past)
Mental Health Association of Metropolitan Atlanta
Bethel Towers Housing Corporation
Big Bethel A.M.E. Church Board of Trustees
Jomandi Productions, Inc.
David T. Howard National Alumni Association
Board of Ethics, Marta

Publications
Coleman, Gregory D. We're Heaven Bound! Atlanta, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1994. Acclaimed by the Journal of Southern History as “An important part of the Black church legacy.”

Coleman, Gregory D. "Big Bethel AME Church 150th Anniversary." Yearbook.

Coleman, Gregory D. "Heaven Bound." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 24 July 2002. 20 Aug. 2007 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.

News & Events Service
Annual Honoree and Keynote Speaker, International Women of Distinction
The Howard High School National Alumni Association Mentoring Program
Adopt-A-Child Program of the Fulton County Juvenile Court
Chair, Bethel Strategic Planning Commission for Juvenile Justice
Mentor, Alpha Phi Alpha
Mentor, 100 Black Men
The Big Bethel “Heaven Bound” Ministry