POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these present, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Gregg D. Adzema,
Pamela F. Roper, Jeffrey D. Symes, and M. Colin Connolly,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-
fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer
and/or director of Cousins Properties
Incorporated (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4,
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete
and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form with the
United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to his Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-
in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper
to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in
fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27th
day of October, 2020.

/s/ Jane K. Hicks
Signature


Jane Kennedy Hicks
Print Name


Please immediately sign and fax or email this form to Pamela
Roper at 404-407-1641 or proper@cousins.com, and mail a copy
to Cousins Properties, Attn: Pamela Roper, 3344 Peachtree Road
NE, Suite 1800, Atlanta, Georgia 30326.