Georgia has 159 counties, but its lawyers live in very few. Instead, jurists have disproportionately flooded metro Atlanta and its surrounding counties.

The urban migration has contributed to a growing number of legal deserts in rural counties characterized by the presence of few, if any, licensed jurists. The lawyer drought has increased access-to-justice challenges for many rural litigants left without local legal representation.

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