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Partner at the firm Waggoner Hastings LLP
Areas of Practice
Family Law; Collaborative Family Law; Child Custody; Child Support; Divorce; Collaborative Law; Visitation Rights; Guardian Ad Litem; Adoption Law; Gay and Lesbian Family Law; Alimony; Annulment; Cohabitation Agreements; Domestic Partnerships; Marital Agreements; Paternity; Post Divorce Modification; Separation Agreements
Admitted
1995, Georgia; 1996, Tennessee; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2005, Georgia Supreme Court
Law School
Georgia State University, J.D., 1995
College
Maryville College, B.A., 1985
Membership
Atlanta Collaborative Divorce Alliance (2007); Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section and Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Section; Traffic Court Committee, 1996-1997); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Family Law Section and Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Section); Tennessee Bar Association; Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia (President, 2004-2005; Board of Directors, 2001-2008); North Fulton Bar Association; Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia; International Academy of Collaborative Professionals; Georgia Association for Women Lawyers; Association of Family and Conciliatory Courts.
Biography
Phi Delta Phi. Maryville College Presidential Scholar. Member, Public Interest Law Society, 1992-1995. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Litigation. Lead Articles Editor and Member, Disciplinary Committee, Georgia State University Law Review, 1994-1995. Law Day Volunteer. Recipient, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation 'Top 50' Award, 2003. Lecturer: "Recent Developments in Georgia Family Law," Georgia Family Law for Paralegals, July 2006; "Standards and Ethical Considerations for Collaborative Practice," Institute for Continuing Legal Education, January 2008; "Managing Client Expectations," Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia Advanced Training, April 2009; "Collaborative Practice Training," Institute for Continuing Legal Education, February 2009; "Georgia's New Child Support Guidelines," March 2007; "Collaborative Divorce," National Association of Social Workers, August 2009; "Child Custody, Child Support, and Cases Involving Domestic Abuse," Advanced Issues in Divorce, December 2009. Judge, State Bar of Georgia Mock Trial Competition, 2001. Associate Judge, Municipal Court of Union City, Fulton County, Georgia, 1999-2001. Member, Leadership Clayton Program, Clayton County Chamber of Commerce, 1998-1999. Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Pro Bono Representation of Indigent Clients, 2001. Guardian Ad Litem, Fulton Superior Court, 1991.
Reported Cases
McNeil v. State, 229 Ga. App. 149 (1997); Quoted in Miller v. State, 266 Ga. 850 (1996).
Born
Knoxville, Tennessee
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