Tamara Wayland

PRINCIPAL ATTORNEY

For Tamara, the ideal outcome in a case is one where both sides feel like they won. She’s motivated to do this work because of what it can mean to clients and how it can affect their lives.

“It gives me great satisfaction to know that I have changed someone’s life for the better, by obtaining the best results legally possible,” she said.

Born in Champaign, Illinois, and raised in the Philadelphia area, Tamara received her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, and her law degree from Temple University School of Law in 1993.

After law school, Tamara moved to Atlanta, where she began her legal career as a public defender. Over seven years, Tamara represented hundreds of defendants on the trial and appellate levels, and tried numerous felony cases as lead counsel.

In 2002, Tamara took a position as an administrative law judge for the state of Georgia, where she adjudicated appeals individuals brought against the state of Georgia that involved a broad spectrum of matters, including driver’s license suspensions, employment and licensing board matters, and the reduction or termination of public assistance benefits.

In 2005, Tamara became an assistant attorney general for the state of Georgia. In that position, Tamara managed a sizable caseload of complex civil rights cases involving issues related to free speech on public campuses, conditions of confinement by inmates, and alleged unlawful searches and excessive force by law enforcement officials.

Three years later, Tamara was admitted to the Colorado Bar. Since then, Tamara’s practice has focused on the defense of individuals and entities in employment, domestic and insurance matters at the trial and appellate levels in both federal and state courts.