Education
Berry College - Bachelor of Science Education - 1985
Georgia State University College of Law - Juris Doctor - 1993

Employment

2004 - Present

President and CEO of the International Human Rights Group

2002 - 2004

Chief of Staff, American Center for Law and Justice

2000 - 2001

Executive Director, European Centre for Law and Justice

1997 - 2004

Senior Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice/European Centre for Law and Justice/Slavic Centre for Law and Justice

1997 - 2004

United States Liaison for the European Centre for Law and Justice/Slavic Centre for Law and Justice

1996 - 2004

State Legal Director, American Center for Law and Justice of Georgia

1996	Deputy Chief Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice

1996 - 1997

Senior Associate Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice

1993 - 1996

Associate Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice

1994	Special Counsel to the President of Trinity Broadcasting Network

1990 - 1993

Assistant to the Director, Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism

1990	Law Clerk, Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism

1990	Junior High School Teacher, St. Mary's Catholic School

1985 - 1989

Junior High School Teacher, Model Middle School

Joel Thornton President and CEO Dedicated to defending the rights of religious expression around the globe, Joel Thornton founded the International Human Rights Group in 2004.

Bar Memberships
State Bar of Georgia (Bar #643040), 24.05.1993
US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 01.06.1993
Supreme Court of Georgia, 13.07.1993
Georgia Court of Appeals, 13.07.1993
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 23.09.1993
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 24.09.1993
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 16.11.1994
Supreme Court of the United States, 16.10.1996

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