Education:
University of North Carolina, J.D., 1985; University of North Carolina, B.A. with Honors in Religion, 1982.
Legal Organizations:
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Committee Member); Master, Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inn of Court; State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section, Chair, 2001-02, Executive Committee, 1998-2003, Family Law Study Committee, 1998-02; Atlanta Bar Family Law Section, Judicial Selection and Tenure Committee, 1998-2001; North Carolina State Bar Association; Member, Civil Rules Committee of the Fulton County Family Division, inception to date.
Author:
The Daily Report, "Cohabitation Agreements Rise,"
Atlanta Woman's Magazine "Tell Tale Financial Signs That Your Marriage May Soon Be on the Rocks".
Award:
Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Atlanta Magazine Georgia Super Lawyers, Top 50 Women Lawyers; "Georgia Trends" Legal Elite, Georgia's Top Rated Lawyers, Georgia's Best Lawyers.
AAML National:
Georgia Delegate Board of Governors, 2003-present. Co-Chair, Negotiation Seminar (2012);Chair, Bounds of Advocacy Committee; Vice Chair, Bounds of Advocacy Committee (2011); Ex Officio Member of the AAML Foundation Board (2010); Mentor and Presenter at the Institute for Associate Training Section, (2006-2012); Member, Membership Committee (2005 - 2012)
AAML Chapter:
Georgia Chapter: President, 2011-2013; Vice President, 2009-2011; Secretary 2007-2009
CLE Presentations:
Lecturer: "Family and Trial Law Convocation on Professionalism" "Opening Statements" "BUST’EM.COM: Using the Internet to Build Your Case with Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Etc.", "Assets Not Divisible by Law: Strategies for Teacher Retirement, State Pensions, and Other Troublesome But Significant Assets", Prenuptial Agreements & Techniques & Drafting" , "Winning Strategies for Custody Cases"; "Negotiation of Agreements and Mediations"; "Spousal Support in Georgia Divorce Proceedings"; "Forgotten Techniques for Divorce Lawyers in the Civil Practice Act"; "Hot Topics in Domestic Litigation"; "Cross Examination and Impeachment", "The Advocacy of the Child Support Guidelines"; "New Child Support Law in Practice"; "Gross Income and the New Child Support Guidelines"; Personality Disorders on Parade"; "Strategies for Attorneys and Psychologists with Challenging Clients"; "Nuts & Bolts, Excel and Excedrin: A Primer for the New Child Support Guidelines".
