Amber N. Crawford is an Associate in our office in Columbus, Georgia, and she focuses her practice on estate planning, probates, guardianships and conservatorships, business transactions, and commercial real estate matters. She is licensed to practice in Georgia and Alabama.
Before joining Hall Booth Smith, Amber spent several years at a firm in Newnan, Georgia, where she specialized in probates and estate planning. She also represented creditors’ rights in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases, handled contract negotiations, closed commercial and residential real estate transactions, and litigated civil and transactional matters. She served as a guardian ad litem and court appointed attorney in Probate, Superior, and Juvenile Court matters and was one of two County Administrators/Conservators in the Coweta County Probate Court.
Earlier in her career, Amber served as a prosecution intern under the Third Year Practice Act in Georgia’s Northern Judicial Circuit, which included Madison, Hart, Franklin, Oglethorpe, and Elbert counties. She also completed several other internships in probate and state courts.
Amber earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia, where she was a research assistant for Professor Eleanor Lanier for a grant project about the public guardianship program. She also completed a Bachelor of Business Administration, magna cum laude, at Columbus State University.
Amber served on the Board of Directors for the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division from 2022 to 2023. She previously served as a co-chairman for the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division’s Estate and Elder Law committee, which hosts First Responders Wills Clinics, providing pro-bono estate planning documents to First Responders and their spouses across the state of Georgia. Additionally, Amber currently serves as a Community Educator for the Alzheimer’s Association for the Columbus-area.
Recognition
•Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Trusts and Estates; Best Lawyers; 2024-2026
•Hunter with a Heart Award, Thrive at Green Island; September 2023
•Silver Client Champion, Martindale-Hubbell
Presentations
•Estate Planning
U.S. Army Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program, July 2025
•Probate and Estate Law
Professionals Serving Older Adults Group Meeting, May 2025
•Probate and Estate Law
Columbus Academy of Lifelong Learning, April 2025
•Estate Planning
River Valley Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging, March 2024
•Estate Planning
Edward Jones, February 2024
•Five Wishes and Advance Directives
Columbus Hospice, April 2023
•Estate Planning
Network of Professional Women, January 2023
•Preparing Your Estate Plan
Edward Jones, June 2021
•Dementia Conversations: Driving, Doctor Visits, Legal & Financial Planning
Alzheimer’s Association, June 2021
•Early Stage Workshop: Care Teams/Care Planning
Alzheimer’s Association’s, April 2021
•Five Wishes and Advance Directives Planning
West Central Georgia Cancer Coalition, March 2021
In the Press
33 HBS Attorneys Named to 2025 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America
August 16, 2024
HBS is excited to announce that 33 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.