Hogue Griffin

What the firm handles

Hogue Griffin is a criminal defense firm in Macon, Georgia. Its work sits inside one field of law, and the firm says so plainly. It takes criminal cases and turns away family law and personal injury matters.

The charges it defends run across several categories. These include DUI, drug offenses, violent crimes, and sex crimes. The firm also handles murder and manslaughter defense.

Beyond trial-level charges, the firm works on appeals and post-conviction relief. It also takes civil forfeiture matters, where the government moves against property tied to an alleged crime. As a reviewer, I read that mix as a firm willing to stay with a case after a verdict, not only before one.

Where the cases are heard

The firm's attorneys appear in state, superior, and federal courts. Their work covers Middle Georgia and the areas around it, with Macon as the base.

That court range matters for a defendant. State and superior courts in Georgia handle different tiers of criminal charges, and federal court runs on its own rules and procedures. A firm that practices in all three can follow a client whether the charge is filed by a county prosecutor or a United States Attorney.

The firm keeps its office on Mulberry Street in downtown Macon, near the courts where much of this work takes place. It lists no second office, so the practice reads as a single-location firm serving the region from one address.

How the team is built

The name Hogue Griffin points to the people behind it. Frank and Laura Hogue are founding partners. The firm says they have practiced criminal defense in Georgia for nearly three decades, in both state and federal cases.

J. Travis Griffin is the managing partner. His path through the firm is unusually documented for a directory like this one. He started as a clerk in 2011 while a student at Mercer Law, joined as an associate after graduating, became partner in 2017, and took over as managing partner in 2022.

That timeline shows a firm that promotes from within. Griffin has been with the practice since its earlier form as Hogue & Hogue, so the current name reflects a handoff of leadership inside a firm that already existed. In my opinion, a managing partner who grew up in the same office he now runs is a useful signal of continuity for a client trying to judge stability.

Backgrounds on both sides of the courtroom

The firm says its team members have worked as public defenders, prosecutors, and federal defense counsel. That range of prior roles gives the firm a view of how criminal cases are charged and argued from more than one seat.

A former prosecutor knows how the state builds a case. A former public defender has carried heavy caseloads and knows the county courts well. The firm draws on both kinds of experience, which is worth noting when the whole practice is built around defending charges.

What the record shows

The firm describes itself as the latest version of a defense practice with roots in Macon going back decades. It does not publish a founding year, and it does not list an entity name such as an LLC or P.C. The history it gives is told through people and dates rather than a single origin story.

What the site does document is concrete. Griffin's promotions carry specific years. The Hogues' experience is stated in state and federal terms. The practice areas are named one by one, and the courts are named too.

The firm publishes no client counts, awards, or case results, so a reader cannot weigh outcomes from the listing alone. That absence is common for criminal defense firms, where confidentiality and ethics rules limit what a lawyer can say about past results. The information here stays on firmer ground: who the lawyers are, where they practice, and what they defend.

Who might look here

A person facing a criminal charge in Middle Georgia is the clear audience. The firm's focus means a client is not hiring a general practice that also happens to take criminal work.

The breadth within criminal law is worth a second look. Someone charged with a DUI and someone facing a murder count can both find their charge on the firm's list. The same is true for a defendant who has already been convicted and wants to pursue an appeal or post-conviction relief.

As a reviewer, I would point a reader toward the firm's own site for the current roster and to reach the office directly about a specific charge. The listing here is meant to describe what the firm does, and on that measure Hogue Griffin gives a clear account of itself. It defends criminal cases in Macon and the courts around it, and it has done so under changing names for decades.