A retired Gainesville lawyer, who during his career, was recognized by state and national organizations, has died. Weymon Forrester was 84.
After a stint as clerk for Judge Griffin Bell, then a Circuit Judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and later the Attorney General of the United States. Forrester accepted a job in Gainesville with the Whelchel, Dunlap and Gignilliat firm, where he practiced for 22 years before forming Forrester and Brim with Jim Brim.
He received national recognition in 1984 when he was named a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and he was active in that organization for the remainder of his career. The Trial Section of the State Bar of Georgia also honored him, in 2019, with the Tradition of Excellence Award, which recognizes exceptional contributions made by a lawyer to his profession and community.
Forrester was a former President of the Gainesville Northeastern Bar Association and Vice President of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association.
Services will be held at Grace Episcopal Church January 24 at 2:00 with a reception following immediately after at Chattahoochee Country Club.
You can read the complete obituary here: Obituary for Weymon H. Forrester | Memorial Park Funeral Homes