H. David Bullard

Replace the first paragraph with:  David has been practicing law since 1999. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, state and federal courts in Georgia, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Macon Trial Lawyers Association, of which he was president in 2014. David is proud to have been born and raised in Middle Georgia (Macon) and supports our local restaurants, stores, and other locally-owned businesses, unlike many lawyers who advertise here but live in other areas of Georgia (Nugent around Atlanta, Hostilo around Savannah) and even other states (Morgan in Florida). John Morgan of Morgan & Morgan is not licensed to practice law in Georgia. For more information on lawyers who are licensed to practice law in Georgia or not, visit https://www.gabar.org

David contributes financially to the Methodist Home for Children, Goodwill, and Middle Georgia Justice, which assists needy families with legal advice and representation. In law school David was a member and president of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, which donated annually to the Macon Rescue Mission.

David enlisted and served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1992 to 1996. He completed boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. Unlike the other branches of military service, every Marine is a rifleman, with great emphasis is placed on marksmanship. The Marine Corps recognized David as Rifle Expert and Pistol Expert. In boot camp David achieved the high score in shooting the M16a2 rifle in his platoon of 63 recruits. He was recognized as graduating with the honor of Platoon High Shooter. He volunteered for and served his fourth year in Japan, at Marine Air Base, Iwakuni, on the main island of Honshu. 

David earned the National Defense Medal for joining the military in a time of war, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the Good Conduct Medal, and the Naval Achievement Medal. The Naval Achievement Medal was for outstanding performance as the law clerk for the Chief Defense Counsel of the Marine Corps. David earned an honorable discharge in 1996. 

He earned his law degree from Mercer University in Macon. David earned his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Georgia, and earned a Master of Science in Business Administration from Boston University.

Favorite Quote:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

- Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States
"The Man in the Arena" speech at the Sorbonne
Paris, France
April 23, 1910