Teri Doepke graduated with honors from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1996, and from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1999. She began her legal career working for smaller law firms in various areas, including family law and criminal defense, before joining the Alcovy Circuit Public Defender’s Office in 2005. By 2006, Teri had been promoted to the Chief Assistant Public Defender for the Alcovy Circuit, which position she held until leaving public defense to begin The Doepke Law Firm, LLC.

Teri’s time in the Public Defender’s Office has provided her extensive experience handling criminal cases of all kinds, with a specialty in major felonies, including sex-related offenses. She has tried over 100 criminal jury trials and supervised junior attorneys in hundreds of other criminal jury trials. Teri was also assigned to handle dozens of appeals as a Chief Assistant Public Defender and has argued successfully before the Georgia Supreme Court.

Teri also practices extensively in the areas of divorce/separation, custody, legitimation, child support, and adoption, where she counsels and advocates for clients who are navigating through family transitions in their life.  Teri's courtroom experience helps her family law clients achieve the best possible outcome in their cases. 

Teri is admitted to practice in State, Superior, Appellate, and Supreme Courts of Georgia and is a member of the State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section, the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Newton County Bar Association, and the National Association of Drug Court Professionals.