Michèle L. Battle, Esq., President and Founding Attorney Michèle L. Battle, Esq. is the President and founding attorney of Battle Law P.C. With over 30 years of experience, Michèle works with landowners, developers, builders, and businesses to address their zoning, land use, and permitting needs in the Atlanta metropolitan area and surrounding suburbs. She attended The Ohio State University where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in 1982. She went on to receive her Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1989. Michèle remained in Boston after graduation and was an Associate at Day, Berry and Howard. Michèle relocated to Atlanta in 1994 where she was an Associate at Powell, Goldstein Frazier and Murphy, LLP. In 1999 Michèle formed The Battle Law Group which was a full service commercial real estate law firm. In 2007, Michèle became a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, and then at Smith, Gambrell and Russell, before forming Battle Law, P.C. in 2010. In addition to her law practice, Michèle has served on the Executive Committee for the Real Estate Section of the State Bar of Georgia and was the Vice President of Education for the Commercial Real Estate Women of Atlanta, Inc. She was honored as one of Georgia Trend’s 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in 2001. She also received the 2001 Local and National CREW Career Development Award and the 2001 Local CREW Networking Deal of the Year Award. In 2002, she received recognition in the Atlanta Tribune’s Who’s Who in Black Atlanta. When she is not practicing law, Michèle is an avid genealogist, having received a Certificate of Genealogy from Boston University Center for Professional Education in the Fall of 2020.