Stephen N. Barnes, Jr.

Stephen is the owner and founder of the firm.  After graduating with honors from Vanderbilt University in 1994, Stephen worked with the Mississippi Center for Public Policy in Jackson, Mississippi as a Research Director, assisting legislators with research on a variety of issues affecting the families of Mississippi. This work, along with a passion for knowing the source of Law (capital "L"), spurred Stephen to apply to law school. 

He attended the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia, and graduated in 1998. After graduating, he married his lovely wife Christian and they moved to Macon, Georgia where Stephen practiced at two larger firms in the areas of business and corporate law.  In March of 2003, Stephen created Barnes+Law™, with the desire to help leaders develop their enterprises and meet their goals — with an entrepreneurial and covenantal flare.

Email: stephen@barnesbusinesslaw.com

Direct Dial: 615.994.8657

Education & Accomplishments

University of Georgia School of Law, Juris Doctorate 

• Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1998

• Vice President of Christian Legal Society, 1996-97

• Member, Federalist Society

• Student Member, American Bar Association

• Mock Trial

Vanderbilt University, Bachelor's Degree 

• 1994, Cum Laude, Honors in History

• History Department Honors in Southern American History

• Founding Member, Project Dialogue

• Member, Dean's List

• Urban Ministries Development at Vanderbilt

Licensure

• Certification to practice law in the states of Georgia and Tennessee. License current.

• Member, Business Law Section of Georgia Bar

• Member, Atlanta Bar Association

• Member, Macon Bar Association

Community & Speaking

• Member, Attorneys for Family Held Enterprises

• Board Member, Caring Solutions, Inc. 2011-2014

• Member, Planned Giving Committee for the MedCen Foundation - 2012-2014

• Former Member, Executive Committee of the Macon Bar Association; Media Coordinator - 2003-2005

• Founding President, Macon Young Lawyers Division, 2004-2005

• Board Member, Covenant Academy, Macon, Georgia, 2005-2006

Stephen and Christian have four children, one son-in-law, and two grandchildren! They live in beautiful Arrington, Tennessee, with their mini-golden doodle, Rosie.