Peter J. Wosnik

Peter J. Wosnik is the founding partner and owner of Wosnik Law, LLC. An accomplished trial lawyer, Pete focuses his practice on defending people in serious criminal cases. Pete has achieved not guilty verdicts for his clients for charges of driving under the influence, homicide by vehicle in the first degree, cruelty to children in the first degree, cruelty to children in the second degree, sexual battery on a child under the age of 16, child molestation, improper sexual contact by an employee, drug trafficking, drug possession, battery, and criminal trespass. Pete tried his first felony case before getting his bar results and achieved not guilty verdicts on both charges for his client. In his second trial, at the end of its evidence, the State offered to dismiss the felony charge of aggravated assault and allow Pete’s client to plead to a misdemeanor with a straight probation sentence. In addition to not guilty verdicts, he has also helped his clients obtain numerous favorable case outcomes through advocating at sentencing hearings, negotiating plea deals, charge reductions to lesser crimes, and dismissal of charges such as aggravated sexual battery, child molestation, child cruelty in the first degree, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, criminal damage to property in the second degree, theft by taking, battery, simple battery, driving under the influence, and more.

In addition, he has represented people in a large range of domestic relations cases and has obtained favorable results for his clients in cases of divorce, child custody, legitimation, temporary protective orders, and more. Pete has been selected to “Rising Stars” with Super Lawyers since 2023, the National Trial Lawyers’ “Top 40 Under 40 Criminal Defense”, and has received a 10/10 AVVO rating.

Pete graduated in 2017 both from Emory University School of Law (Juris Doctor) and Candler School of Theology (Master of Theological Studies) where he was awarded a merit scholarship and was the recipient of the Savage-Levey scholarship in law and religion. He competed on the law and religion moot court team, worked as a student editor for the Journal of Law and Religion, and served as president of Emory Law’s Criminal Law Society. While in law school, Pete interned for federal, county, and city prosecutors’ offices where he learned first-hand how prosecutors build and carry out their cases. He now uses that experience to help his clients defend themselves.

Pete is the past president and treasurer of the Walton County Bar Association, and is a current member of the Rotary Club of Monroe, Georgia, the Walton County Chamber of Commerce, the Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, and the Georgia Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers. He also sits on the board of Walton Empowers, a non-profit dedicated to helping people with substance abuse and addiction recovery in our community. Pete and his wife Heidi together are the parents of 7 children and are active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.