Katonga Wright

From 1999-2004, Katonga worked as a Forensic Toxicologist with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory. During her tenure, she managed the Columbus, GA medium output lab. She was certified by the Georgia Department of Public Safety and admitted as a Forensic Expert in courts throughout Georgia.

She attended Georgia State University College of Law (JD, May 2007), and studied International Arbitration at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. During law school, she was a member of the Bleckley Inn of Courts and was an Urban Fellow. 

She served as the Vice-President of the Student Trial Lawyers Association Mock Trial Team; Vice-President, Black Law Students Association; Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition Team- Regional Winner and National Runner-up; American Trial Lawyers Association Mock Trial Team; William Daniel Mock Trial Competition Team; Bioethics Mock Trial Competition Team-First Place; Gate City Bar Association Scholarship Recipient, United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia, Intern 2006-2007. She interned with Shivers & Associates, Staff Counsel for Travelers Insurance, during the summer of 2006 and accepted a permanent position in July 2007.

Katonga has a background in insurance defense litigation, with a concentration in personal and business liability, and is passionate about her work as an award winning trial attorney. In addition to practicing law, she served as co-chairperson of the Travelers Staff Counsel Summer Associate Program, Southeast Regional Recruiting Coordinator for the Staff Counsel Diversity Committee, and served on the Alpharetta Claim Service Center Diversity Steering Committee. She also worked with diversity initiatives within the State Bar of Georgia. From 2010-2015, Katonga served on the Executive Board of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA), as the vice-president of the Columbus, GA affiliate. She served as the president of the Fountain City Bar Association for 3 years. She is also a member of the Columbus Bar Association, Columbus Inn of Court, past member of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and Gate City Bar Association. Katonga is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Links, Inc. She served as Vice-Chair of Columbus Trade Center Authority, and on the board of the Columbus, GA Chamber of Commerce.  She is the founder of Master of My Fate Mentoring Program, a not for profit initiative started to give students access to mentoring opportunities and career related camps and programs. Since 2014, the program as focused on law related internships and summer camps for kids and young adults interested in becoming lawyers.

In 2011, Katonga and her father, Attorney William J. Wright, Sr. (GA Bar admitted,1977), founded The Wright Legal Group, LLC.  As a boutique litigation firm, Wright Legal is built upon bibilical principles and focuses in the areas of Serious Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Traffic/DUI, Probate Administration, Business Litigation and Veteran's Claims. The firm is devoted to assisting clients and businesses in resolving legal claims; providing legal advice and information; and contributing efforts to community development such as the Muscogee County Jail Project, a criminal justice reform initiative and Lawyer UP: Summer Law Programs for high school students. In 2012, she was appointed Associate Magistrate Court Judge, and served as a Pro Hac Judge in that court. She is an adjunct professor in Advocacy and Litigation at Georgia State University College of Law. She is a member of the Columbus Bar Association and Columbus Inn of Court. 

In addition to her various non-profit board commitments and various speaking engagements, she has entrepreneurial aspirations of developing a global powerhouse law firm by adhering to this mission: To provide cutting-edge, environmentally-friendly, technology infused legal services to diverse clients, business partners, and communities around the world. Wright Legal wants you to expect exceptional, and get it!

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