About

Education

  • J.D., Georgia State University College of Law, magna cum laude, 2002
  • B.A., University of Virginia, 1996 (English & Religious Studies)

Admissions

  • State Bar of Georgia
  • U.S. District Court for the N.D. of Georgia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • Accredited Attorney for the Department of Veterans Affairs

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Atlanta Bar Association
  • Cobb County Bar Association
  • Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
  • Legal Writing Institute
  • Scribes—The American Society of Legal Writers

Rebecca Phalen graduated magna cum laude from Georgia State University College of Law. She also served on the law review. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in English and Religious Studies, with a minor in Spanish.

Until she opened her own practice, Rebecca was an associate in the Atlanta office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. She has represented clients in civil litigation matters, including appeals, business disputes, class action defense, multi-district litigation, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, and product liability cases.

She wrote Best Practices for Issuing Subpoenas: Depositions of Georgia Residents in Cases Pending Out of State, published in the Georgia Bar Journal. She also co-wrote Proactive Strategies to Prevent & Defend Products Liability Cases, published in the A.B.A. Products Liability Newsletter. She participated in Bryan Garner’s Critical Reader Panels for Garner’s Modern American Usage and Black’s Law Dictionary, 9th Edition. She also served on the board of Caminar Latino, Inc. from 2004 until 2007. She is currently participating in Project SALUTE, a pro bono program to assist veterans with federal veterans’ disability and pension benefits claims.

Before studying law, Rebecca taught English at two language institutes in Santiago, Chile. She then moved to Atlanta and, through AmeriCorps and the Dominican Volunteers, worked at Grady Memorial Hospital as the Assistant Coordinator of Volunteer Interpretive Services.

Rebecca now lives just outside of Atlanta with her husband, son, two daughters, and yellow dog. In her not-so-spare time, she enjoys reading, sewing, and knitting.