Melody Z. Richardson

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Melody Z. Richardson is a Lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia

Address

Suite 2840
75 Fourteenth Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309, (DeKalb & Fulton Cos.)

Phone

404-888-3730

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Partner at the firm  Pachman Richardson, LLC

Areas of Practice

Family Law; Alimony; Annulment; Divorce; Equitable Distribution; Arbitration; Collaborative Law; Child Custody; Domestic Relations; Child Support; Visitation Rights; Paternity; Legitimation; Pre-Nuptial Agreements

Admitted

1985, Georgia, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Court of Appeals of Georgia and Supreme Court of Georgia

Law School

University of Georgia, J.D., 1985

College

Emory College, B.A., 1981

Membership

Atlanta Bar Association (Member at Large, Board of Directors, Family Law Section, 2001-2005; Treasurer 2005-2006; Secretary 2006-2007; Chair Elect, 2007-2008; Chair, 2008-2009; Editor, Atlanta Bar Family Law Section Newsletter, 2000-2004; Chair, Law Day Committee, 2003); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Family Law Section); Charles Longstreet Weltner Inn of Court (Barrister).

Biography

Sigma Tau Delta; Phi Alpha Delta (Vice Justice, 1985). Member, Georgia Law Review. Research Editor, 1984-1985, University of Georgia Law Review. Certified Mediator. Member, Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia. Sustaining Member, Atlanta Collaborative Divorce Alliance. Associate: O'Callaghan Saunders and Stumm, 1988-1990; Branch, Pike, Ganz & O'Callaghan, 1990-1992. Selected for inclusion as Georgia Super Lawyer 2007, 2008, 2009; Named and Top 50 Women Lawyers in GA, Georgia Legal Elite, 2008.

Reported Cases

Kirkendall v. Decker, 271 Ga. 189, 516 S.E. 2d 73 (1999); Connell v. Woodward, 253 Ga. App. 751, 509 S.E.2d 647 (1998); Treadwell v. Treadwell, 218 Ga. App. 823, 463 S.E.2d 497 (1995).

Born

Atlanta, Georgia

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