TERRY CUMMINGS

TERRY CUMMINGS

Georgia State Representative

Attorney and retired federal law enforcement officer Terry Alexis Cummings is a member of the Mableton community of South Cobb. Terry grew up with her two sisters, in Teaneck, New Jersey. Terry attended Rutgers University where she received her B. A. Degree in Political Science. While in college, she served as President of the Douglass Black Student Congress and was initiated into Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. During her senior year of college, Terry worked as a Congressional Intern with United States Senator Bill Bradley from New Jersey. Terry’s 30-year career in law and criminal justice began after college. While attending Georgetown Law Center at night Terry worked full time as a Court Room Clerk at the District of Columbia Superior Court in Washington, D.C. After graduation, Terry served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Harold Cushenberry. She began her career with the United States Department of Justice after being accepted into the highly competitive Honors Attorney Program. Terry’s career with the Department included working in the Legislative and Correctional Issues Branch in Washington, D.C. She was the first attorney to work at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, Illinois. From there Terry was promoted to Supervisory Attorney at the USP in Atlanta, then Senior Litigation Counsel at the Atlanta Regional Office. Since 2005, Terry has also worked as an Associate Professor at Colorado Technical University, teaching legal and criminal justice courses. Career highlights for Terry include representing the Federal Bureau of Prisons during post-trial hearings of the infamous El Rukn gang (the largest gang trial in Chicago’s history) and representing the agency during the first federal death penalty case in Georgia for the murder of a correctional officer at USP Atlanta. She also worked as a neutral with the Department of Justice. Terry has received numerous honors, awards, and recognitions including Attorney of the Year. Terry is well known and respected for her balanced temperament, tenacity, her ability to think outside of the box, bridge the gap between divergent interests, and her unwavering commitment to people she serves.