This clinic explores the legal pitfalls of the Booster Club associated with music education ensembles. The session will concentrate on three main areas of concern with parent booster clubs and offer suggestions to avoid the legal entanglements that can arise.
Barry Morgan
- Biographical Information
Barry E. Morgan is a native of Cobb County, Georgia, and graduated from North Cobb High School in 1972. Barry received his Bachelor of Music Education from Georgia State University in 1976. In 1987, Barry graduated Summa Cum Laude from the John Marshall Law School in Atlanta. In 1976 began a 12 year career as a high school band director in Cobb County Georgia, serving Wills, North Cobb, and Sprayberry. Barry has served as a marching band judge across the southeast since 1978. From 1988 until 1992, Barry served as an Assistant District Attorney prosecuting narcotics and organized crime cases. Barry was the Chief Assistant Solicitor General for Cobb State Court from 1992 until 1998. On March 4, 1998, Governor Zell Miller appointed Barry as the Solicitor General for Cobb County, and was re-elected to that position six times.
After retiring on December 31, 2022 as Solicitor General, Barry went to work in four different part time jobs. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at Troy, and Auburn Universities in their Music Industry programs. January 3, 2023 Barry began working for the Cobb County School District as a Student Disciplinary Hearing Officer. On February 1, Barry will serve as a part time Magistrate Judge in the Cobb County Magestrate Court