About Ms. Georgia Kay Lord

Georgia’s practice concentrates on family law: divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, annulment, modifications, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements.

Georgia graduated Top Ten Percent/Honors at Emory University College of Law. She has extensive and varied experience in litigation, mediation, and negotiation. Georgia regularly provides professional training for family lawyers and Judges. Her dozens of presentations have included ones for the state-wide Georgia Family Law Institute as well as ones made for local gatherings of attorneys and Judges. She holds the rank of Master of the Bench in The Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law American Inn of Court. The well-regarded Martindale-Hubbell’ Peer Review Rating system has recognized the high quality of her legal work and ethics by awarding her the prestigious rank of “AV Preeminent”. In 2019, Georgia was selected by the AJC as its "Best of Atlanta" Collaborative Divorce and Family Law Attorney.

Georgia is proud to offer family law services to both traditional and nontraditional families. She has aided numerous clients with custody claims relating to Assisted Reproductive Technology, same-sex relationships, and grandparent relationships, and has also instructed lawyers and Judges on the legal principles governing these rapidly changing areas of the law. She is a fierce and persistent litigator when the situation requires, but, when it does not, she encourages her clients to consider the lower conflict options of “Amicable Divorce” and “Collaborative Practice.” She also regularly serves as a Guardian ad litem.

Georgia had over 6 years’ experience as a staff attorney inside Fulton County’s busy Family Court. In this position, she worked directly on hundreds of cases, handling problems arising out of a very wide variety of factual situations, triaging emergency petitions, and advising judges on complex procedural and factual issues

Georgia realizes that issues crucial to her client's future happiness may be hanging in the balance. She keeps her clients informed and forthrightly acknowledges any uncertainties. She listens to her clients with care and treats them with dignity.

Georgia was born and raised in metro Atlanta. She played a key role in the creation of Lord Park by nominating 30 acres of untouched woods owned by her family for use as a public green space. She and her husband had to overcome a series of obstacles to, first, convince DeKalb County it should acquire the property and then to persuade the County to make a permanent commitment that the property would be used as a park named in memory of Georgia's parents. The property is now a City of Tucker park

Georgia can frequently be found performing in parades and community events with the whimsical Seed and Feed Marching Abominable band!

 

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Family Law
Posted by anonymous
June 23, 2025
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I was fortunate enough to have Georgia Lord appointed as the guardian ad litem on a very contentious child custody case in which I represented one of the parents. While I have known and respected Georgia for many years in the practice of law, I had never had the pleasure of having her as a guardian. I cannot say enough about how thorough, efficient, and thoughtful she was in conducting her investigation while at the same time remaining mindful of the costs involved for the parties. Her presentation of her recommendation to the Court was fair to both parties and we were able to enter into a consent agreement for custody and parenting time before trial began. She has an amazing ability to sort through the information provided by each parent, and by digging further, determine whether the parties were candid with information relevant to the children and their best interests. In my case, both parties felt that they were treated fairly, and both were pleased with the outcome, which is often.

 
Divorce
Posted by anonymous
June 23, 2025
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Ms. Lord was an A+ Divorce Attorney. Ms. Lord did an excellent job of representing me during my recent divorce. She was very professional and caring doing a very difficult and stressful time in my life. If you are going through a divorce, I would highly recommend her services.

Civil Litigation
Posted by Steve
June 18, 2025
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Stop, don’t waste your time looking any further! If you need SERIOUS legal help, Ms. Lord is the attorney! I’m not the type that goes out and post reviews online, but Ms. Lord deserves this one. I’ve worked with many attorneys in both professional and personal capacity. But very few of them compares to Ms. Lord’s caliber. Don’t let her soft-spoken appearance fool you. She can perform magic in the courtroom. It is very difficult to explain her capabilities in words, but you’ll just have to experience it yourself. I’m not posting because of the result alone, although it was an excellent outcome! I had an extremely complicated and rare case. But Mr. Lord was next to me all the way to the victory! The entire process was very complicated, tiring and uphill battle, but she became my light house and guided me through the entire process in a very professional manner. Again, a few adjectives will not draw complete picture of Ms. Lord capability; (legally and personally),

 

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Areas of Law

  • Family Law 4
    • Child Custody
    • Child Support
    • Divorce
    • Premarital Agreements
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution 1
    • Mediation
  • LGBT Law
  • Guardian Ad Litems
  • Collaborative Family Law
  • Other 1
    • Collaborative Practice

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Managing Partner
    Firm Name
    Georgia Lord Law
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases

    Martin v. Metro. Atlanta Rta, 225 F. Supp. 2d 1362 (2022).

    Martin v. Metro. Atlanta RTA, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 154298.

    Fulton County v. Lord, 323 Ga. App. 384, 386-387, 746 S.E.2d 188, 192, 2013 Ga. App. LEXIS 598, *6-7, 2013 Fulton County D. Rep. 2288, 2013 WL 3369168.

    Offutt v. Earp, 200 Ga. App. 74, 406 S.E.2d 571, 1991 Ga. App. LEXIS 730 (1991).

  • Pro Bono Services

    I regularly handle pro bono cases that are referred from DeKalb Pro Bono or Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation.

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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1984, Georgia
    United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
    United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
    United States Supreme Court
    Georgia Court of Appeals
    Supreme Court of Georgia
    1984, Georgia
    Memberships
    Georgia Bar (1984-Present)
    United States Supreme Court Bar (2014-Present)
    Georgia Supreme Court Bar (2014-Present)
    Georgia Court of Appeals Bar (2003-Present)
    Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1989-Present)
    Atlanta Bar Association (Family Law Section and, formerly, Employment Law Section)
    State Bar of Georgia (Family Law Section
    previously Chair of the Employment Law Section and an officer in the Individual Rights Section)
    DeKalb Bar Association (2014-Present
    Chair of Family Law Section)
    International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
    Amicable Divorce Network
    National Employment Lawyers Association (1991-2003)
    National Lawyers Guild (1982-2002
    Southern Regional President, 1989-1991).
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Emory University College of Law
    Class of 1984
    J.D.
    with distinction
    Other Education
    American University
    Class of 1981
    B.S.
    summa cum laude
    Legal Certifications
    Basic Mediation Skills (The Justice Center of Atlanta, Inc. 2006)., Interdisciplinary Family Collaborative Practice Training (Collaborative Law Center of Georgia 2014)., Guardian ad Litem Training (Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation), Amicable Divorce Network Training

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160 Clairemont Avenue, Suite 450Decatur, GA 30030U.S.A.

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  • What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?
    Ms. Georgia Kay Lord was admitted in 1984 to the State of Georgia and Georgia.
  • Is this attorney Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review rated?
    Yes, Ms. Georgia Kay Lord has a 4.9 Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Ms. Georgia Kay Lord attended Emory University College of Law.