M.J. Blakely is a shareholder at Pope McGlamry in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Oxford College and Emory College of Emory University where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 2002. M.J. earned a Juris Doctorate from the University Of Georgia School Of Law in 2006.

Immediately after law school M.J. began pursuing his passion for helping individuals and their families address tragedy by developing a specialty in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death civil actions.  In 2011, M.J. joined Pope McGlamry where he further developed his practice to include mass torts, class actions and other complex litigation.

When M.J. is not helping plaintiffs seek justice for harm caused by negligent and reckless conduct, he enjoys serving his community and spending time with his wife, Jennifer, an excellent attorney in her own right, and their two children.