Kayla L. Upchurch is a 6th generation Georgian and is proud to have the opportunity to help the people of North Georgia with their legal needs. After attending Chattahoochee High School in Alpharetta and accepting a full athletic scholarship, Kayla joined the Georgia Southern University women’s basketball team and then transferred to Georgia College in Milledgeville. She was selected to the Peach Belt Conference All-Academic Team each year and was also selected to the Capital One Academic All-District Team in her senior season. Kayla graduated summa cum laude from Georgia College in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Pre-Law concentration, with a Minor in History. Kayla qualified for the President’s List every semester, and she was the class of 2015 commencement speaker and Valedictorian at Georgia College.
Following her undergraduate studies, Kayla immediately took a position as a legal assistant and then worked in Governor Deal’s Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs before entering law school.
Kayla attended the University of Georgia School of Law, where she was an active member of the Family Law Society and the Women Law Students Association. She was a Tara Baker Memorial Scholar and was also chosen as a Dean’s Ambassador for the law school. During her time as a “Law Dawg,” she worked as a summer law clerk at a family law firm, as well as a legal intern with the City of Roswell, Georgia. In her last year at UGA Law, Kayla worked as a law clerk in Governor Deal’s Office of Executive Counsel and then with the Honorable Judge Philip C. Smith in the Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit where she gained valuable experience in a variety of civil and government matters.
