Geoffrey Alls

What is Civil Law? Simply put, it is a legal system that was originally inspired by the ancient Romans, and the system of legality that they had in place. It is primarily a collection of laws that have been codified. Although commonly in use today, specifically within the United States of America among others, it has a far reaching history that stems backward for thousands of years. The derivation of this system of laws and regulations is generally a reflection of the Romans. Their justice system was famed, and even today, greatly emulated within the most famous democracies in the world. Its use of codification is a technique that dates back for thousands of years. The ancient kingdom of Babylon were among the very first to codify their laws under the reign of King Hammurabi. Codifying the laws of a nation, city or county is merely putting it into a classified order. To list them logically, numbered, and so on. However, the main purpose of civil laws are to provide the public with acce...

  A native of Savannah and a graduate of Beach High School, Attorney Geoffrey Alls has returned to his hometown to assist with the ever-growing backlog of cases and support the important work of criminal justice reform. The son of a prominent Savannah civil rights activist and attorney, Mr. Howard Alls, Geoffrey inherited a healthy appetite for challenging racial injustice. As an honor student and graduate of Morehouse College, he researched and wrote on racial sentencing disparities. At the University of Georgia, School of Law he focused on assisting the indigent and underprivileged through his work with the Civil Clinic’s Public Interest Practicum, the Criminal Defense Clinic, and community mentoring projects such as Academics in Athens, and Project Safe Campus. He started his legal career defending the indigent in the Macon Circuit Public Defenders office which had one of the highest poverty rates in the State. The inequities he encountered as a Public Defender crystalized his b...