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Prine Law Group: Criminal Defense in Macon and Middle Georgia
Chapters of the Code it cites
Prine Law Group is a law firm at 740 Mulberry Street in downtown Macon. According to its website, it handles criminal defense, personal injury, and workers’ compensation matters, and its criminal practice covers misdemeanor and felony charges in Macon and Middle Georgia, including Dublin, Perry, and Laurens County. The office can be reached at 478-257-6333.
Key facts from the firm’s website
| Item | What prinelaw.com states (read October 21, 2026) |
|---|---|
| Office | 740 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201 |
| Practice areas | personal injury, criminal defense, workers' compensation |
| Criminal matters listed | DUI; drug offenses from marijuana possession to distribution; felony charges such as assault, fraud, and burglary; theft and shoplifting; juvenile offenses; domestic disputes; probation violations |
| Attorneys | Joseph R. Prine Jr., Dylan "Zane" Hasty, Michael William Barber |
| First consultation | free; fees are discussed at that meeting, and criminal defense is not handled on a contingency basis |
The attorneys
The firm’s attorney pages list the following.
- Joseph R. Prine Jr. Born in Macon and a graduate of Dublin High School (1997), Georgia Southern University (2002), and Charleston School of Law (2007). Admitted before the Superior Courts of Georgia, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the Macon Bar Association, and the Dublin Bar Association. He serves as Solicitor for the Twiggs County Probate Court, and his page lists criminal law and DUI among his practice areas.
- Dylan “Zane” Hasty. Raised in Turner County; graduated cum laude from Valdosta State University (2015) and magna cum laude from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law; admitted in Georgia in 2019. He joined the firm during his second semester of law school and serves as assistant solicitor for the Twiggs County Probate Court and the Perry Municipal Court.
- Michael William Barber. A graduate of Wofford College (2007) and Charleston School of Law; admitted in Georgia and South Carolina in 2011; an attorney at James E. Lee II, P.C., from 2011 to 2018 before joining the firm. He is listed as an adjunct professor at Mercer University and a member of the Macon Bar Association.
Prosecution posts held by defense attorneys
A reader trying to tell Prine Law Group from many criminal defense firms in Middle Georgia can start with a fact on the firm’s attorney pages: two of its three attorneys also hold prosecutorial posts. Prine is Solicitor for the Twiggs County Probate Court, and Hasty is assistant solicitor for that court and for the Perry Municipal Court.
How the firm describes its criminal defense work
The firm’s criminal defense page describes its approach by charge type:
- DUI. “In DUI cases, we subpoena breathalyzer calibration records, review officer training, and examine the video for procedural errors.” The legal standard behind those records is O.C.G.A. § 40-6-392(a)(1)(A): a breath or blood analysis is valid only if performed by methods approved by the GBI Division of Forensic Sciences, on an instrument “operated with all its electronic and operating components prescribed by its manufacturer properly attached and in good working order”, by an operator with a valid permit. How that standard fits the per se DUI theories is explained in DUI prosecution theories in Georgia.
- Drug cases. The firm says it tests “the legality of the stop” and challenges improper searches under the Fourth Amendment. The Georgia procedure for excluding evidence from an unlawful search is covered in motion to suppress evidence in Georgia.
- Felonies. The firm says it investigates witness credibility, examines forensic evidence, and looks “for defenses such as alibi, lack of intent, or misidentification.”
- Trial preparation. The page states: “We prepare every case as if it will go to trial, because prosecutors negotiate differently with an attorney who is ready for one.”
The same page mentions Georgia’s First Offender Act for some first-time felony charges. That sentencing option has limits, including that it does not apply to a DUI conviction under O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391(f); its rules are explained in the Georgia First Offender Act.
Where the firm works
The firm says its office is “within walking distance of the Bibb County Courthouse, the jail, and the District Attorney’s Office”, and that its attorneys have worked in the Bibb County Superior Court and the Bibb County State Court. Its contact page says it meets with clients “across Bibb, Laurens, and nearby counties.”
Contacting the office
Prine Law Group, 740 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201. Phone: 478-257-6333. The firm’s website says the first consultation is free.
This profile summarizes information published on the Prine Law Group website as of October 21, 2026, and general Georgia law. It is not legal advice. According to the firm’s own disclaimer, contacting the firm “does not create an attorney-client relationship; that relationship begins only with a signed agreement.”