Ms. Amelia Joiner is Chief of Staff and General Counsel to the Fulton County Sheriff?s Office. Prior to joining the FCSO, she represented the FCSO and other Fulton County justice partners in both transactional and litigation matters, to include inmate death and class action litigation defense. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, her career includes being an associate in two of the largest firms in the country, where she focused her practice in complex litigation and class action defense. Ms. Joiner has also served as a federal law clerk and as a law professor.