Mrs. Karine Polis Burney Related Seminars and Products

Burney & Reese LLC

Karine P. Burney has been exclusively practicing family law since 2005. Prior to forming Burney & Reese, Karine was a partner at Kessler & Solomiany in Atlanta.  Karine is a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and received the Georgia Chapter Distinguished AAML Award in 2022.  There are only approximately 32 AAML fellows in the State of Georgia, and Karine is one of the youngest. 

Karine is also the Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section.  She will be sworn in as the Chair of the Family Law Section in July, 2023.  She previously served as President of the Cobb County Bar Association Family Law Section and Fundraising Chair of the Family Law Institute. Karine is co-chairing the Family Law Institute that will take place this year at Amelia Island in June, 2023.

She has been recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyer since 2020 and was recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2013 through 2019.  She has also served as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Cobb County to prosecute nuisance actions in a continued effort to combat sex trafficking since 2018.

Mr. Jonathan Victor Dunn Related Seminars and Products

Jonathan V Dunn PC

Jonathan Dunn has managed the firm of Jonathan V. Dunn, P.C., since its inception in late 2018.  His principal practice areas include Family Law and Criminal Defense.  Jonathan currently serves as Chair to the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and is a former editor of the Family Law Review.

Jonathan was previously a founding partner in the firm of Johnson, Kraeuter & Dunn, from 2012-2018, an associate at McCorkle & Johnson, from 2008-2012, and an Assistant District Attorney with the Eastern Judicial Circuit from 2003-2008.  Before moving to Savannah in 2003, Jonathan was an associate at the firm of Thompson & Sweeny, in Lawrenceville.

Jonathan was admitted to the practice of law in 2002 after graduating from the University of Georgia School of Law.  He received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Latin at Mercer University, and is privileged to have taught English and coached Wrestling at Landmark Christian School in Fairburn for two years between his undergraduate studies and law school.

Jonathan is pleased to call Savannah his home, where he and his wife, Sharnette, have raised their two sons, Hunter and Stewart, and he enjoys availing himself of volunteer and sponsorship opportunities at Benedictine Military School, America's Second Harvest, the 1804 Club, and the  Central Savannah River Area Heart Ball.

Wendy Ellin Related Seminars and Products

The 25th Hour, Inc.

Wendy Ellin is a highly sought-after speaker, author, and consultant. Her #1 bestselling book, Working From Home…How’s That Working For You? continues to catch the attention of organizations who want to make certain their employees have what it takes to do their work with less stress and more job satisfaction, no matter where they work. Her insights into having basic foundational organization systems are shared in her presentations with irreverence, humor, and a level of passion that motivates her audience to TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION!

Wendy has helped companies like The Home Depot, JCB, American Cancer Society, Spelman College, Cox Communications, Autotrader, PWC, and many more ensure their people stay engaged, deliver their best work, and have a life out side of work. She believes that when your people win, everyone wins.

Wendy talks about real life challenges that all busy professionals experience such as email overload, being on time (or not), reasonable expectations for getting things done, self-defeating behaviors, and much more. It is from Wendy's 20 plus years in the corporate arena that she drew from her own successes by working smart, not hard - that inspired her to develop Wendy Ellin’s 3P Academy, a toolbox that fuels radical productivity, peak performance, and a renewed sense of peace of mind. 

Mr. Adam Matthew Gleklen Related Seminars and Products

The Gleklen Law Firm

Adam Gleklen has been practicing domestic litigation since 1995 has been a solo practitioner at his own law firm, The Gleklen Law Firm, since January 2015.  Adam’s practice is focused on complex family law matters that typically include corporate valuations and other specialized financial issues.  Adam has extensive experience as a trial attorney, having been involved in over 100 full bench trials, hundreds of evidentiary hearings and more than 30 domestic jury trials.   Adam is a “go to” trial attorney and is regularly retained by other lawyers to be lead trial counsel in their cases that are headed to court and/or a Jury trial. 

Adam is a regular speaker at Family Law seminars and has presented on a variety of topics, including Evidence Issues in Family Law Cases; Taking an Effective Zoom Deposition; Use of Financial Experts in Family Law Cases; Effective Litigation Strategies in the Middle Income Divorce Case; How to Argue and Obtain Attorney’s Fees; Jury Selection; Cross-Examination of the GAL; Advanced Tax Issues in Divorce; How to Handle a Domestic Jury Trial, and High Income Divorce Cases.

Adam was a Partner in the law firm of Lawler Green Prinz & Gleklen from 2010 through 2014 and prior to that he was a Partner at Weinstock & Scavo, PC, a 45 lawyer firm in Atlanta.  Adam has been AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell for more than 20 years, has been recognized regularly by Georgia Trend Magazine as a “Legal Elite”, and has been named a Georgia “SuperLawyer” every year since 2010.  Adam served as the Chair of the Family Law Section of the Atlanta Bar in 2023-24 and is a former Master in the Charles Weltner Family Law Inn of Court.

Adam graduated from Emory University in 1990 and the Emory University School of Law in 1995 where he also served as the Director-in-Chief of the Moot Court Society.

Ms. Hannah-Lynn Elizabeth Apicelli Related Seminars and Products

King & Spalding LLP

Hannah-Lynn Apicelli is a proud Atlanta native and “Double Panther.” She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Georgia State University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with Honors Distinction. Hannah returned to Georgia State University to attend their College of Law, where she received her Juris Doctor in 2019.

While in law school, she focused her studies on social welfare and civil liberties. As a student in the Olmstead Disability Rights Clinic, she advocated on behalf of individuals with disabilities in both administrative and educational arenas. Hannah also served as the Co-President of Georgia State University’s chapter of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund.

Hannah practices family law, military law, and criminal defense. She is a member of the State of Georgia Bar Association, Georgia Family Law Section, and the Georgia Young Lawyers Division.

In her spare time, you can usually find her at home with her husband, Trevor, their three cats, and two crazy dogs, where she is probably watching The Real Housewives and doing a jigsaw puzzle.

Ms. Alexa Nicole Lewis Related Seminars and Products

Shewmaker & Lewis LLC

Alexa N. Lewis was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and moved to Georgia in February 1996. She attended the University of Georgia and graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 2009. Alexa received her law degree from Georgia State University College of Law. While at Georgia State, she was a member of the Student Trial Lawyers Association where she was able to practice and learn litigation skills by competing in multiple competitions including the National Trial Competition in Charlotte, North Carolina and National Trial Advocacy Competition at Michigan State University. Alexa was also a member of the Georgia State Moot Court Team where she competed in the Emory Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Competition and the Prince Evidence Competition at the Brooklyn Law School.

Alexa practices family law, military law, and cases involving Title IX and ROTC dis-enrollment. 

Alexa is a member of the State of Georgia Bar Association, Georgia Family Law Section, Georgia Young Lawyers Division, DeKalb County Bar Association, and the family law section of the DeKalb bar.

Ms. Alexandra Manning Related Seminars and Products

Fulton County Superior Court

An Atlanta-native, Alexandra Manning served our county in the Army and spent over fifteen years in law enforcement before becoming an attorney. She was a pioneer as one of the first waves of female certified firefighters. She went on to be a lead agent in the GBI. She served as a detective and K-9 handler and received both a Medal of Valor and Police Officer of the Year. While getting her undergraduate degree at Mercer University, she worked as senior investigator for the prosecution with the Fulton County DA’s Office in the Crimes Against Women and Children Unit and later the defense at the Douglas County Public Defender’s Office.

After graduating from Mercer, Alex went to Vermont Law School. Her time in private practice includes time as a judicial staff attorney and extensive experience in criminal, family law, and civil matters. Judge Manning serves as a Judicial Officer in the Family Division of the Superior Court of Fulton County presiding over Family Division cases. She also presides as a judge in Superior Court criminal bond and preliminary hearings and sits pro hac in Juvenile Court. She is an appointed Probate Court officer. Judge Manning previously served as a part-time judge in the Magistrate Court of Fulton County.
In the Family Division, Judge Manning hears cases on some of the largest, most contentious, and sensitive calendars on the Family Division’s docket. Judge Manning consistently and with utmost respect for the rule of law, handles them with balanced fairness, compassion, and efficiency. She has presided over nearly 15,000 TPO cases and has an average monthly case load of: 450 ex parte TPOs; 100 vital record amendments and name changes; 200 child support cases; and 200 12-month TPOs.

The Stonewall Bar Association awarded Judge Manning with its 2018 Conspicuous Service to the Stonewall Community for her longstanding commitment to equality. Alex’s advocacy for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell led to a ban on military recruiting on college campuses and the Obama Administration’s end to DADT. The Cobb County Bar Association recognized Alex with Volunteer of the Year award in 2016 for her extensive pro bono work with Cobb Legal Aid.
Alex has served on the boards of the Stonewall Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association, and Georgia Association of Women Lawyers.
Alex and her wife, Lisa Liang, live in Midtown. They are active in the community  with bar associations, the  Anti-Defamation  League, Trees  Atlanta, Foreverfamily, Nicholas House, and Midtown High School.

Mr. Steven P. Shewmaker Related Seminars and Products

Shewmaker & Lewis LLC

Steve Shewmaker is the founding partner of Shewmaker & Lewis in Atlanta, Georgia. Steve is a native of the Southeast, growing up in Texas and Alabama. He attended the University of Alabama on cross country and Army ROTC scholarships and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1990. Steve was commissioned as an Army Officer in 1990. Steve served as an Infantry Officer in the 25th Infantry Division and later served in Military Intelligence assignments at Fort Hood, Texas and in the Middle East. Steve served his last eleven years in the Army as a Judge Advocate, deploying twice. He retired from the Army in 2018.

In 2005, Steve earned his law degree from the Georgia State University College of Law where he graduated with honors. Steve and his wife, Patty, formed Shewmaker & Shewmaker in 2009, where they represent clients in domestic, criminal and military justice matters. In 2019, Shewmaker & Shewmaker was renamed Shewmaker & Lewis.

Steve is admitted to practice with the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, and he is admitted to practice in the military trial courts (worldwide) as well as the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals.

Steve and Patty have been married for 23 years. They have one daughter, Molly, who is now 15 and a half, and two dogs, Elsa a black lab and Cookie a German Shorthaired Pointer. Steve once broke into a woman’s prison, and another time he found $20,000 in his attic – no joke.

Zain Kalson Related Seminars and Products

Zain is the CEO of Etheia, a family law software company that helps attorneys and forensic accountants uncover hidden assets. He has deep expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and has been building production-grade machine learning systems for the last three years. As someone who's worked with attorneys across the US to modernize their practice, Zain is a firm believer that technology can create win-win outcomes for firms and their clients.

Mr. John F. Lyndon Related Seminars and Products

Law Offices of John F. Lyndon

Mr. Andrew McLean Wilkes Related Seminars and Products

Oliver Maner LLP

Andrew “Drew” Wilkes is a partner with Oliver Maner LLP.  Mr. Wilkes maintains an active trial practice throughout southeastern Georgia. For the last 20 years, he has focused on assisting clients with all aspects of family law needs.

A native of Hazlehurst, Georgia, Drew graduated from the University of Georgia (’99), where he received his B.B.A. degree in Banking and Finance.  Mr. Wilkes attended the Walter F. George School of Law (’02) at Mercer University where he received his Juris Doctorate.

Outside of his law practice, Mr. Wilkes is an active member of Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church. He also serves as a board member with Urban Hope Savannah, a non-profit organization that provides support to inner city children of Savannah through after school and summer programs.  Mr. Wilkes has also volunteered as an attorney-coach for the Georgia High School Mock Trial Association and as an attorney advisor for Learning for Life’s Law and Government Explorer Post.

Hon. Elizabeth Dallas Gobeil Related Seminars and Products

Georgia Court of Appeals

Judge Elizabeth Gobeil was appointed by Governor Deal to the Court of Appeals of Georgia on June 5, 2018 and was elected statewide in 2020. She’s a graduate of Emory University and the UGA School of Law.  Judge Gobeil spent the bulk of her career practicing general civil and life sciences law, including serving as a partner at Thompson Hine, LLP. and as in house counsel for two global pharmaceutical companies. Immediately prior to joining the bench, she was a Board member and Appellate Division Judge for the State Board of Workers’ Compensation, a position Governor Deal appointed her to serve in November of 2012.  Early in her career, she worked in Washington, DC for the late U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell, where she met her husband Bart.

Currently, Judge Gobeil serves on the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism, the Judicial Council Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts (where she co-chairs the taskforce's subcommittee on access to justice and community engagement), the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education (ICJE), and Emory University’s Board of Visitors. Among other involvements, she is a member of the Rotary Club of Savannah, the State Bar of Georgia, the Savannah Bar Association, the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, the Bleckley Inn of Court, and the Community Council of the Savannah Classical Academy.

Originally from Thomaston, Georgia, she and Bart now reside in Savannah, Georgia with their beloved (and spoiled) dog, Dutton.

Hon. David Todd Markle Related Seminars and Products

Georgia Court of Appeals

Judge Todd Markle has served on the Georgia Court of Appeals since his appointment in December 2018. He was previously a trial judge on the Superior Court of Fulton County after practicing law in Atlanta from 1989 until 2010.

Hon. Brian M. Rickman Related Seminars and Products

Georgia Court of Appeals

2015 – Present

Chief Judge Brian M. Rickman was appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals in November 2015 by Governor Nathan Deal and took office on January 1, 2016.

Born in Madison County, Georgia, Judge Rickman was a jailer working in the Rabun County Detention Center before entering Piedmont College where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in 1998. He earned his Juris Doctor from The University of Georgia School of Law in 2001. While in law school he was a member of the Mock Trial Board and was involved in the Prosecutorial Clinic. Judge Rickman was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia on October 29th, 2001. He began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney for the Alcovy Judicial Circuit and then the Mountain Judicial Circuit. In 2004 he left the District Attorney’s Office to become a partner in a small town law firm in Rabun County, Georgia. He was a partner at Stockton & Rickman. At Stockton & Rickman, in addition to taking on whatever clients came through the door, including several pro bono cases, he was involved in civil litigation and was defense counsel in several cases including murder cases. In 2008, Judge Rickman was appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue to be the District Attorney for the Mountain Judicial Circuit and this was the position Judge Rickman held prior to taking office at The Georgia Court of Appeals.

In 2004, Judge Rickman became an adjunct professor at Piedmont College. He has taught several courses, including, American Government, Criminal Law and Procedure, and Courts and Society. He is a member of the Piedmont College Board of Trustees.

Judge Rickman was involved in several Professional Organizations as District Attorney. He was a member of the Georgia Board of Public Safety. The Georgia Board of Public Safety has statutory oversight over the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Georgia Department of Public Safety, and the Georgia Public Training Center. He was elected to be Secretary of the Georgia Board of Public Safety. Judge Rickman also served on the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council as the Board of Public Safety representative. Judge Rickman was elected by colleagues to serve on The Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia. The Prosecuting Attorney’s Council has statutory oversight over the State budget and training of Georgia’s District Attorney’s Offices. He served as chairman of the Personnel Committee.

In 2008, Judge Rickman was a recipient of the Piedmont College Alumni Association’s Pacesetter Award. In 2013 he was named by the Fulton Daily Report as a “40 under 40 On the Rise,” selection.

Judge Rickman’s most important role is as husband to his wife, Maggie, and father to his two young children.

Hon. Rebecca Crumrine Rieder Related Seminars and Products

Resolute Law

Rebecca Crumrine Rieder (“Becca”) served as a Superior Court Judge in Fulton County Georgia through December 2020 at which time she began a full-time alternative dispute resolution practice, Resolute Law, LLC.  As a former civil litigator, domestic relations attorney and Superior Court Judge she has decades of experience as a litigator, Guardian ad Litem, mediator, and arbitrator.  Becca currently sits on the Supreme Court of Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution as a Member, where she serves on the Ethics Committee and the Training and Credentials Committee.

Recognized by her peers and the legal community as one of the top-rated attorneys in Georgia, Becca is a past chair of the Family Law Sections of the State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Bar Association, and the DeKalb Bar Association.  She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; and, prior to taking the bench, Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine repeatedly recognized Becca as one of Georgia’s “Top 100 Lawyers” and “Top 50 Women Lawyers.”  She previously served as past chair of the DeKalb Bar Association and on the board of Dekalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation. 

Prior to obtaining her JD, Becca taught middle and high school English and History. 

Becca received her undergraduate degree from Sewanee: The University of the South in 1991, her MEd from the University of Georgia in 1994, and her JD from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2001. 

Becca frequently authors materials and speaks on professional and legal matters throughout the state and the country.

  Becca believes in giving back to her community both professionally and personally.  Becca has extensive community involvement including volunteer leadership roles with several non-profit boards throughout metro Atlanta, including Oakland Cemetery, DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Neighbor in Need and Breakthru House Woman’s Advisory Board.  Currently, Becca serves the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution (Member & Ethics Committee); the Atlanta Bar Association (Immediate Past Chair); her alma mater, Sewanee as the immediate past chair of the Alumni Council, as a member of the Board of Trustees; and, as a member of the Bascom Board in Highlands, North Carolina. 

Becca resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, Doug Rieder.  

Judge Kimberly A. Childs Related Seminars and Products

Cobb County Superior Court

Judge Kimberly A. Childs was elected in May 2016, winning a contested three-way race for an open seat on the Cobb County Judicial Circuit Superior Court bench.  She was re-elected again in 2020 and qualified in 2024 with no opposition.

Before her election, Judge Childs represented businesses and their owners in a variety of commercial disputes. She routinely litigated complex matters in courtrooms across metro-Atlanta.

Between her undergraduate studies and law school, Judge Childs worked as a guard at the DeKalb County Jail and later as a paralegal at a small law firm in Cobb County.  These experiences inspired her to further her education and provided a “real world” foundation for her commitment to our justice system.

Judge Childs has been active in the local bar for many years. She served as President of the Cobb County Bar Association in 2017-20018. Before that, she was the President-Elect, Treasurer,Secretary, Trustee, Business Law & Litigation Section President, Solo/Small Firm Section Secretary, Women of the Bar Section President.  In 2015, she received the President’s Award from the Cobb Bar.

Judge Childs is a member of Lawyers Club of Atlanta.  She serves on the State Bar of Georgia’s Bench & Bar Committee, Court Technology Justice Committee, and the Uniform Superior Court Rules Committee of the Council of Superior Court Judges.  She currently represents the Cobb Judicial Circuit on the State Bar Board of Governors.  

Judge Childs presides over the Cobb County Drug Treatment Court. DTC is an accountability court designed to manage individuals with substance addiction by providing an alternative to the traditional justice system. DTC is designed to improve the health of our participants, not only by addressing the immediate symptoms of their addiction but also orienting participants to a new way of healthier living that can be continued for the rest of their life.

Judge Childs graduated magna cum laude from Georgia State University College of Law. At Georgia State, she was on the editorial board of Law Review and received numerous academic honors.  She obtained her undergraduate degree in criminal justice from North Georgia College. 

Before serving on the bench, her skills in and out of the courtroom earned her top honors, including being recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyer, a Georgia Super Lawyer Rising Star, and one of the Business Law Legal Elite.  In 2016, Judge Childs was named to the Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers list, as well as one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in both 2015 & 2016. 

On a personal note, Judge Childs is a steadfast and passionate fan of the Atlanta Falcons. She also enjoys watching Atlanta United, the Hawks, and the Braves.  

Andy Flink Related Seminars and Products

Flink ADR

Andy Flink is a highly regarded professional in the field of alternative dispute resolution, specializing in family law mediation. As the founder of Flink ADR, based in Alpharetta, Georgia, Andy has dedicated his career to helping individuals and families resolve conflicts amicably through mediation and arbitration services.

Flink ADR was founded with the vision of creating a comprehensive resource for family law ADR in Georgia. The firm is composed of a professional team of skilled neutrals who recognize the unique dynamics of each family. By emphasizing the reduction of emotional and financial strain, Flink ADR offers services such as mediation, arbitration, and hybrid mediation/arbitration, tailored to meet the diverse needs of its clients.

Business Experience

Before transitioning to ADR, Andy enjoyed a successful career in the retail industry, spanning nearly three decades as an entrepreneur, executive, and board member. His extensive business background honed his skills in strategic thinking, effective communication, and results-oriented problem-solving—qualities he now applies to the cases he conducts.

Entrepreneurial Ventures

• Founded and operated retail businesses, gaining hands-on experience in building and managing companies from the ground up.

• Developed expertise in negotiation, decision-making, and communication skills integral to his work in ADR.

Executive Roles

• Held leadership positions in established retail organizations, contributing to business strategy, operations, and profitability.

• Collaborated with diverse teams, solved complex challenges, and thrived under pressure.

• Led the Board of Directors in a 25+ location retail chain, offering insights into governance, strategic oversight, and growth planning.

ADR Practice

As a registered mediator and arbitrator, Andy focuses primarily on family law, with a particular emphasis on custody matters. His personal and professional experiences enable him to offer empathetic, practical solutions for families facing complex legal challenges. Andy is committed to providing a collaborative and amicable alternative to traditional litigation, prioritizing the well-being of families and empowering them to make informed decisions during difficult times.

Educational Initiatives

Andy actively shares his expertise in mediation and family law through educational programs such as the Family Law Institute. He contributes to discussions on effective mediation strategies and the benefits of ADR in family law cases.

Thought Leadership

Through blogs, speaking engagements, and other platforms, Andy provides valuable insights into the mediation process. His thought leadership educates individuals and legal professionals on the advantages and challenges of resolving disputes efficiently and amicably through mediation.

Andy's deep understanding of conflict resolution, negotiation, and balancing competing interests made his transition to ADR a natural progression. His personal experiences with family law matters further influenced his decision to focus on family law mediation, giving him a unique perspective and empathy for clients navigating similar challenges.

By combining his business acumen and personal insights, Andy has built Flink ADR into a highly respected mediation and arbitration practice, His dedication to fostering understanding and resolution has solidified his reputation as a leader in helping families navigate difficult processes in a constructive and supportive environment.

Ms. Amanda Jean Love Related Seminars and Products

The Love Law Firm, LLC

Amanda Love has been a Family Law attorney in the Savannah area for over fifteen years. She is the Director of Family Law Services for the Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire and is the Director of the Guardian Ad Litem Program for Chatham County. Amanda has been a Guardian Ad Litem for over eight years and has presented on a variety of topics during that time. Amanda is a mediator, is collaboratively trained and was recently named a Super Lawyer for 2023 in the area of Family Law. 

Hon. Kevin Michael Farmer Related Seminars and Products

Atlanta Circuit Superior Court

Judicial Assignment

• 2018 - Present: Superior Court of Fulton County
• 2021 - 2024: Judge, Fulton County Family Court Division

Education

• Juris Doctor: Mercer University-W. George Law School, Macon, Georgia (1996)
• Bachelor of Science in Political Science: University of Wisconsin (1990)

Professional Experience / Associations

• Senior Assistant District Attorney, Clayton County Judicial Circuit, (2015-2018)
• Senior Attorney, Metro Conflict Defender’s Office (Division of the Georgia Public Defenders Council) (2011-2014)
• Private Practice (2002-2011)
• Fulton County Public Defender’s Office (1997-2001)
• Member, Atlanta Bar Association
• Member, North Fulton Bar Association

Ms. Elizabeth Jean Garrett Related Seminars and Products

Frazier & Deeter LLC

As a Partner in the Divorce Litigation Support Practice at Frazier & Deeter, Beth Garrett primarily assists high-net-worth individuals and corporate executives with divorce, tax and accounting issues. She helps with the division of financial and real estate assets through mediation. Beth also works with family practice attorneys through all financial aspects of divorce and child support matters.??? 

Beth is frequently involved in cases uncovering hidden assets and income, assisting with the preparation of reports to be used in settlement negotiations and at trial. She works with attorneys and clients to prepare business valuations, trace separate property, value complex retirement assets and assist with budget preparation. She also prepares individual, partnership and fiduciary tax returns, specializing in divorce taxation.

Sherri Holder Related Seminars and Products

The Holder Group, LLC

Sherri L.S. Holder is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics (CPA/ABV/CFF) and a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA). She has more than 25 years of experience in public accounting and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (GSPCA) and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA).

For more than 20 years, she has focused in the area of family law litigation, specializing in financial consulting and expert witness services in both bench and jury trials. She has been qualified as an expert over 115 times in numerous jurisdictions in Georgia, testifying in both bench and jury trials. Ms. Holder provides her expertise to law firms and their clients in the areas of forensic and investigative accounting, as well as financial valuation. Her services include income analysis, business valuation, separate property tracing, mediation assistance and trial support.

Ms. Holder is a frequent speaker in family law financial matters, such as business valuations, tax issues and separate property analysis. She has been asked to present to the American Bar Association, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Georgia’s annual Family Law Institute, the Georgia Bar Association, Cobb County Bar Association, and the Georgia Society of CPAs among others.

Ms. Holder graduated cum laude from Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting. Ms. Holder is the Founder of The Holder Group, LLC.

Ms. Holder is a native of Cobb County where she lives with her husband, Trey, and their two children. When away from the office, Ms. Holder enjoys traveling and is attempting to visit all the National Parks.

Mr. Richard Allen Sanders Jr. Related Seminars and Products

Andrews & Sanders Law Offices

Richard Sanders is an attorney with Johnson Kraeuter, LLC, whose practice is primarily dedicated to domestic relations and family law. He has been licensed to practice law in Georgia since 2008. He is also a registered general civil, domestic, and domestic violence mediator, and a registered Arbitrator. Presently, he volunteers as a mediator at the Mediation Center in Savannah.

A successful litigator, Richard has handled numerous cases through trial and appeal during his career, including successfully arguing in person at the Georgia Supreme Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals. The expertise he developed as a litigator supported his work in co-authoring the book Divorce in Georgia and delivering a number of lectures on various topics related to family law, personal injury, criminal 
defense, ethics, professionalism, general litigation, evidence, and mediation.

Richard is also a renowned leader in Savannah and throughout the state of Georgia. He has served on numerous committees with the State Bar of Georgia and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Savannah Bar Association and the Executive Committee for the Council of Municipal Court Judges. Richard is also the most senior First District Representative.

Richard has been named as a Rising Star with Georgia Super Lawyers every year since 2016 and recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in Georgia by the National Trial Lawyers organization. His peer rating on Martindale Hubbell is “Preeminent.” In addition to these accolades, Richard is well-known for his tireless volunteer efforts at Savannah Arts Academy High School where he coached the Mock Trial Team 
for 10 years.

Born at Ft. Benning, Richard grew up as a Navy brat. He earned his B.S. Degree in Justice Studies from Georgia Southern University, where he also served as the Vice President of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. After completing his undergraduate
degree, Richard earned his juris doctorate, cum laude, from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, in Lansing Michigan. While in law school, Richard served as a Senior Managing Editor of the Law Review and as a Magistrate on the grade appeals board.

Mr. Charles Edward Bailey Related Seminars and Products

DeKalb County State Court

Judge Bailey has the privilege of serving on the State Court of DeKalb County where he has also presided as an Assisting Superior Court Judge in the Superior Court of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit. He practiced family law for more than 20 years during which he served as guardian ad litem in cases before the Superior Courts of DeKalb County, Fulton County, Cobb County, Forsyth County, and Gwinnett County. He is a registered neutral with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution in the areas of General Civil Mediation, Non-Binding Arbitration, Domestic Relations Mediation, and Specialized Domestic Violence Mediation

An Atlanta native, Judge Bailey was born in DeKalb County, City of Decatur. He earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Vanderbilt Law School and is licensed to practice law in Georgia, Tennessee, and New York. His experience includes domestic relations law, criminal defense, juvenile delinquency, workers compensation, personal injury, and wrongful death litigation. Before pursuing a career in law, Judge Bailey worked for a community mental health center providing intensive case management services to people with chronic and severe mental illness. He also worked for several years in the field of higher education administration at his alma mater, Vanderbilt University.

Ms. Aisha Blanchard Collins Related Seminars and Products

Blanchard Collins Law Firm LLC

Aisha Blanchard Collins is the owner and principal of the Blanchard Collins Law Firm, LLC, a family law firm located in Atlanta.  Aisha opened her own family law firm in August of 2013 after spending four years working as the Pro Bono Fellow for Hunton & Williams LLP (now Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP) where she exclusively represented low-income clients in family law matters and Pachman Richardson, LLC (now Bloom Lines Alexander, LLC) where she represented middle to high-income clients in family law matters.

Aisha also spends a lot of time serving as a Guardian ad Litem in contested custody cases representing the children of the parties.

Prior to practicing law, Aisha was a Teach for America corps member in Phoenix, Arizona and taught 7th and 8th grade Reading, Language Arts, and Social Studies.  After spending two years teaching, Aisha recruited for the Teach for America program and spent a short stint in corporate America as a recruiter.

Aisha graduated from Hood College in 1998 with a B.A. in Economics and Sociology and Northeastern University School of Law in 2008.

Aisha is married and has a fourteen-year-old daughter, Elena, who runs her life when she is not practicing law. Outside of practicing law, Aisha enjoys spending time with her two Goldendoodles, going to concerts, listening to true crime podcasts, and taking care of and adding on to her small forest of plants.

Howard A. Drutman Related Seminars and Products

Atlanta Behavioral Consultants

Dr. Howard Drutman, Ph.D.

Atlanta Behavioral Consultants

Dr. Drutman is a psychologist who exclusively practices forensic psychology in family law cases. He provides child custody and parent fitness evaluations, psychological and substance use disorder evaluations, co-parenting counseling, parent coordination, collaborative divorce coaching, parenting plan mediation, expert testimony on issues related to the best interest of children in family law cases, review of mental health professionals' work product, assisting attorneys with understanding the special needs of their clients, assisting Guardians with understanding psychological issues in their cases.

He has testified throughout the State of Georgia and Alabama. He is the author of numerous articles in The Family Law Review and other professional publications. He is the author of the book, “Divorce: The Art of Screwing Up Your Children."

Mr. David Gregory Sarif Related Seminars and Products

Naggiar & Sarif LLC

David Sarif is a founding partner of Naggiar & Sarif LLC in Atlanta, GA.  He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in U.S. News and World Report as well as Georgia Trend Magazine as a Legal Elite attorney in Family Law and Divorce. He has also been honored as a Super Lawyer in numerous years. David has been an adjunct professor of law at John Marshall Law school where he taught family law and has been quoted by, assisted with stories for, written articles for, or appeared on CBS Atlanta, ESPN Outside the Lines, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, OK Magazine, the Fulton County Daily Report, and Family Lawyer Magazine. Many of David’s cases focus on high asset divorce or complex family law matters.  David is a trial attorney, mediator, arbitrator, and also a Guardian Ad Litem. 

Jennifer Brown Related Seminars and Products

Jennifer Brown, CDLP, CADP Neighborhood Mortgage, Inc.

Jennifer Brown, an Alabama native, started her mortgage career in Georgia in 1997 after graduating Magna Cum Laude from Auburn University at Montgomery with a B.S. in Business Administration majoring in Finance.  She is a Mortgage Consultant, Certified Divorce Lending Professional (CDLP®), Certified Amicable Divorce Professional and a Certified VA Lending Specialist, licensed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina.  Also, a condominium lending expert, Jennifer partnered with several of metro-Atlanta’s most prestigious developers during the 2002-2008 condo boom, serving as the preferred lender for more than 30 ground up and conversion projects. 

In 2019 Jennifer became a partner and co-owner of Neighborhood Mortgage, Inc., founded in 2001 and located in Alpharetta, GA.  She takes great pride in her role as Vice President of her organization as well as serving her community and business partners as a trusted mortgage expert. 

As a Divorce Mortgage Planning Specialist, Jennifer collaborates with divorce professionals and serves as a financial neutral to help their clients make more informed decisions regarding their financial future.  She is a member of the Divorce Lending Association, a board member of the Amicable Divorce Network, Cobb County Bar Family Law Section CLE, OTP CLE and CADP presenter. Jennifer has also been featured on such podcasts as WTF Divorce, Divorce Doesn’t Suck, Divorced Girl Smiling, The Gray Divorce and Crazy Sh??t in Real Estate discussing divorce lending strategies. 

Jennifer and her husband Big Ryan of over 20 years reside in Alpharetta, GA with their daughter Little Ryan and Labrador retriever Bear, Jr.  In their spare time you can find them hosting or attending a tailgate, at the beach, on the golf course or at the softball fields.  

Wendy Gravlin Chambers Related Seminars and Products

Chambers Select Realty

Mr. Randall Mark Kessler Related Seminars and Products

Kessler & Solomiany LLC

Randall M. Kessler is the founder of Kessler & Solomiany, LLC., a domestic relations law firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Kessler is the author of many family law books including Divorce: Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future, The GA Library of Family Law Forms, and How to Mediate a Divorce. He is also an adjunct professor of Family Law Litigation at Emory Law School and has served as the Chair of the Family Law Sections of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association. Mr. Kessler has represented some of the highest profile clients in the country including judges, national and local
politicians, professional athletes, TV Stars and other celebrities, entertainers and artists.

Ms. E. Noreen Banks-Ware Related Seminars and Products

E.N. Banks-Ware Law Firm, LLC

Mr. Charles Munro Eaton Jr. Related Seminars and Products

Fulton County Superior Court

Hon. LaTisha Dear Jackson Related Seminars and Products

DeKalb County Superior Court

The Honorable LaTisha Dear Jackson was elected Superior Judge of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit in 2018. In both 2021 and 2022, Judge Jackson was selected to serve by designation as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia on two separate cases.  Her service in 2022 was historic in that it was the first time the Supreme Court had an all-woman bench preside over oral arguments.  After just nine months in office, Judge Jackson began serving as a Presiding Judge over Track 1 of the Circuit’s Drug Court.  After a year of service, Judge Jackson was unanimously elected to serve as the Presiding Judge for the Circuit’s four Accountability Courts. In 2022, Judge Jackson was elected to serve as the Chief Judge of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit as well as the Administrative Judge for the Fourth Judicial Administrative District which is comprised of DeKalb and Rockdale Circuits.

Immediately before her election, Judge Jackson was a Senior Associate at Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins, LLP (“TKST”). There, she defended corporate and governmental clients in medical malpractice, wrongful death, premises liability, and insurance matters. She also represented individuals in personal injury and wrongful death matters.

Prior to joining TKST, Judge Jackson served as a full-time judge in the DeKalb County Recorders Court and sat by designation in both the Superior and State Courts of DeKalb County. In 2008, she made history by becoming both the first female and youngest judge to ever serve as a Municipal Court Judge in the City of Stone Mountain. In 2012, she again made history by becoming the first female Chief Municipal Court Judge in the City of Lithonia.

Prior to becoming a member of the judiciary, Judge Jackson was a solo practitioner handling juvenile and family law matters as well as criminal defense. Judge Jackson also served as an Assistant Solicitor General in DeKalb County.

Judge Jackson earned her Juris Doctorate from Georgia State University and her undergraduate degree from the prestigious Spelman College.

A native of Los Angeles, California, Judge Jackson is active in numerous professional organizations. She is a current member of both GAWL and GABWA’s Judicial Applicant Review Committees. In 2014, Judge Jackson was appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia to serve on its Access to Justice Committee, where she continually works to ensure that there is unfettered access to the courts by litigants and the public as they navigate the judicial system. She is a member of several bar associations which include the Atlanta, DeKalb and Gate City Bar Associations and DeKalb Lawyers Association where she served an unprecedented two-year term as President and currently serves as the Judicial Section and Review Committee Chair.  Judge Jackson is the Immediate Past Chair of the State Bar of Georgia’s Judicial Section after serving as Chair for three years. She is also a Past President of the Georgia Council of Municipal Court Judges and a current member of the State’s Judicial Council.

In her community, Judge Jackson has served on the Board of Directors for the Georgia Center for Children and is a 2006 graduate of Leadership DeKalb, where she currently serves as a Board of Director and on the Selection Committee, a committee she’s chaired for over a decade. Judge Jackson currently serves as a DeKalb County Board Member for Boys and Girls Club Metro Atlanta and is a proud twenty-six-year active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Judge Jackson has traveled throughout the Southeastern United States and the State of Georgia presenting on various judicial and legal issues with a passion for professionalism and access to justice. She also speaks at various schools throughout the metro-Atlanta area. As a continued investment to the youth, Judge Jackson created a three-year program in the DeKalb County Public School System entitled I. L.E.A.D. (Interactive Law and Education Development) Program, a program that focused on educating high school students on the law while strengthening their comprehension and writing skills.

Judge Jackson not only works and serves DeKalb County, but she also resides there calling it home with her husband Gari Jackson. She is a member of Ray of Hope Christian Church and served for several years as the co-coordinator for the youth, young adult, and college student ministries.

As a testament to her accomplishments, she has received several honors, been featured in several newspapers and magazines as well as her sorority’s international magazine. She has also been honored by her sorority, several county and city associations and elected leaders including receiving the Council for Municipal Court Judges President’s Award for her commitment to access and fairness in Georgia courts. In all that she does and has accomplished thus far, Judge Jackson remains humbled, inspired, and motivated to continue to seek justice because there are still so many lives left to be touched.

Ms. Shannon Glover Wallace Related Seminars and Products

Blue Ridge Circuit Superior Court

Judge Shannon Wallace was appointed to the Superior Court bench by Governor Brian Kemp and was sworn in as the 4^th Superior Court Judge in Cherokee County on January 30, 2023. Prior to becoming a Superior Court Judge, she was the District Attorney of the Blue Ridge Judicial District, Cherokee County, serving from January 1, 2013, until January 29, 2023.

As the District Attorney, she held numerous statewide leadership roles. She served as the Secretary-Treasurer (2018-19), President-Elect (2019-20), President (2020-21), and Immediate Past President (2021-22) of the District Attorneys’ Association of Georgia and served as the Secretary (2019-2021) and Chairperson (2021-2023) of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia. She was also a co-chair of Governor Kemp’s Judicial Nominating Commission of Georgia from 2018 until October 2022.

Judge Wallace has received numerous awards and recognitions during her career, including: 2022 Friend of U.S. Attorney’s Award, 2021 District Attorneys’ Association District Attorney of the Year, 2020 Robert S. Stubbs II “Guardian of Ethics” Award by the Rotary Club of Canton, 2020 Academy of Women Leaders Honoree by LiveSAFE Resources, 2019 Outstanding Women in Leadership award by Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, 2015-2016 W. Lee Arrendale Vocational Excellence Award by the Rotary Club of Canton, 2014 Top 10 in 10 Young Professionals by the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, 2014 Cristal Stancil Leadership Award by the Leadership Cherokee Class of 2014, 2014 Forty under Forty by the University of Georgia Alumni Association, 2013 Rising Star by the Fulton Daily Report, and 2013 Georgia’s Top 40 under Forty by Georgia Trend.

Prior to being sworn-in as a judge, Judge Wallace served as board member of the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (2013-2023), the Malon D. Mimms Boys & Girls Club (2013-2023), and Cherokee FOCUS (2013-2023). She is a member of the Rotary Club of Canton (2013-2023).

She graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Criminal Justice. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2002, graduating cum laude. After graduation, she served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit before coming to Cherokee County in 2008. She is married to Kyle Wallace and has two children.

Mr. Jeremy Jamal Abernathy Related Seminars and Products

Abernathy Ditzel Hendrick, LLC.

Jeremy grew up in the west Cobb county area, and graduated from John McEachern High School in 1997.  He then graduated from Morehouse College (Bachelor of Arts, 2001), and Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law (Juris Doctorate, 2005).

Jeremy practices family law at the law firm, Abernathy, Ditzel, Hendrick, LLC. in Marietta, Georgia.  Jeremy has been named a Super Lawyer and Georgia Trend Legal Elite Attorney.  Jeremy is the vice chair Family Law Section for the State Bar of Georgia.  Jeremy also is a municipal court judge in Woodstock, Georgia.

Ms. Ashley Land Bays Related Seminars and Products

Stern Edlin Graham Family Law PC

Ashley started her legal career practicing family law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky before returning home to Georgia to continue practicing family law. She was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2018 and the Georgia Bar in 2019. Ashley is a member of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and the Cobb County Bar. Ashley earned her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Georgia in 2014 and spent a brief time working at the Georgia Legislature before attending law school at the University of Kentucky College of Law. She joined Stern Edlin Graham Family Law, P.C. in April 2023.  Ashley grew up in Cartersville, GA but currently lives in Marietta with her husband, daughter, and basset hound. She and her husband are active members of their church, Sojourn Church. She enjoys (not very strenuous) hikes with the family, board games, breweries, and traveling.

Ms. Christine McPhee Stearns Related Seminars and Products

Evolve Family Law, LLC

Ms. Stearns is an experienced family law attorney by way of the California Bay Area, where she practiced family law for many years prior to moving with her family to Georgia. She became a member of the Georgia Bar in early 2021, and then began working as an associate at Connell Cummings, LLC., where she continues to work today.   

Sam Hubbard Related Seminars and Products

Coastal Divorce Advisors, LLC

Sam Hubbard established Coastal Divorce Advisors, LLC to provide clients with the support and guidance they need to make smart, unemotional financial decisions as they navigate the often-overwhelming divorce process. Prior to founding the firm, Sam was a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in New York City, where he developed financial plans, asset allocation models, and appropriate investment strategies for high-net-worth international and domestic clients.

Mr. David Isaac Schachter Related Seminars and Products

The Schachter Law Firm, LLC

David I. Schachter is the Founding Member of The Schachter Law Firm, LLC. He works extensively in all facets of Family Law. Mr. Schachter is regularly retained to represent clients in high-asset divorce cases and complex and highly contested custody and parenting time disputes. He has litigated cases involving high profile individuals and involving cutting edge issues, such as cryptocurrency assets in divorce cases. Mr. Schachter has also testified as an expert witness on legal fees in domestic relations cases. He has been a featured divorce expert on the Buzzcast podcast "Life is Short, Get Divorced," and a featured legal expert in Newsweek Magazine's "What Should I Do?" on multiple occasions.

Mr. Schachter has been named to Georgia Super Lawyers every year since 2018. He is rated “AV – Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, and recognized as one of Georgia’s “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend Magazine. AVVO has awarded David the Client’s Choice Award for Family Law every year from 2012 to 2024. He has also been featured in the best attorney issues of various publications. Mr. Schachter has successfully prevailed in cases before the Georgia Court of Appeals, and established precedent in Leone v. Griffin, 342 Ga. App. 474, 803 S.E.2d 617 (2017).

Prior to founding The Schachter Law Firm, LLC, Mr. Schachter both built and managed the Savannah offices of two other family law firms. David’s extensive background in various legal practice areas prior to focusing on family law gives him a unique understanding of an array of unexpected issues that often arise incidental to divorce cases.

Mr. Schachter attended law school at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. While in law school, David clerked for the Honorable Ann Aldridge, Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, who President Jimmy Carter appointed as the first female ever to the Ohio federal bench. Mr. Schachter was also a member of the Executive Editorial Board of the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law. Case Western Reserve University School of Law awarded Mr. Schachter multiple CALI Excellence Awards, including in Family Law.

During law school, Mr. Schachter focused much of his studies on family law under the tutelage of his mentor, renowned Ohio family law attorney Andrew Zashin of Zashin Law, an expert who has handled two of the few family law cases ever to come before the United States Supreme Court regarding The Hague Convention. Mr. Schachter also worked on one of the few other family law cases ever to come before the United States Supreme Court. As acknowledged by Mr. Zashin in the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Mr. Schachter served as a Major Contributor to his published international family law article “Bus Bombings and a Baby’s Custody: Insidious Victories for Terrorism in the Context of International Custody Disputes.”

Ms. Leigh Faulk Cummings Related Seminars and Products

Connell Cummings LLC

Leigh F. Cummings is a partner with the Connell Cummings, LLC.  Ms. Cummings has a domestic relations practice, with a focus on high conflict domestic relations matters including divorces, child custody proceedings, and post-litigation modification actions.

Ms. Cummings has served on the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section for the State Bar of Georgia as Chair (2022-2023), Vice Chair (2021-2022), Secretary (2020-2021), and Editor of the Family Law Review (2017-2020).  Ms. Cummings served as Co-Chair of the Family Law Institute in 2022. 

Ms. Cummings is a Master in The Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law American Inn of Court and has previously served as Program Chair and Board Member.

Ms. Cummings has been named to Super Lawyers “Top 100” and “Top Women Attorneys in Georgia” for multiple years.  Ms. Cummings has been listed as a member of the “Legal Elite” in Georgia Trend. 

Ms. Cummings is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Georgia State University College of Law.

Ms. Cummings resides in Atlanta with her husband and their son.

Mr. Theodore Scott Eittreim Related Seminars and Products

Eittreim Martin Cutler LLC

Ted Eittreim is the managing partner of Eittreim Martin Cutler, LLC, a boutique family law firm in Atlanta, Georgia.  He has been practicing family law for over twenty years, and he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, one of only approximately thirty lawyers so-designated in the entire State of Georgia.

While he provides representation in all areas of family law practice, Mr. Eittreim’s primary focus is on representing his clients in complex, high asset divorce cases, as well as in divorce and non-divorce matters involving highly-contested custody and parenting time disputes.

Among other accolades, Mr. Eittreim has been named a Georgia Super Lawyer in the area of family law every year beginning in 2014, and since 2020 he has been recognized as a Top 100 Super Lawyer, listed as one of the top 100 lawyers in the entire State of Georgia, regardless of practice area.  He is listed among the Best Lawyers in America, and he was recognized as the Family Law “Lawyer of the Year” in 2020 and again in 2023 for all of Atlanta by Best Lawyers.  Mr. Eittreim is rated “AV – Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubble, the highest possible rating awarded, and he has been recognized as one of Georgia’s “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend Magazine.  He is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honor bestowed upon only one percent of attorneys nationwide.

Mr. Eittreim currently serves as the Chair of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia.  He is a past Editor of the Family Law Review, the quarterly periodical published by the State Bar and the Family Law Section, and he is a frequent speaker on family law topics at continuing legal education programs and seminars.  He enjoys membership in several organizations that recognize professionalism and excellence in family law practice, including the Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inn of Court, where he is a Master and a member of the Executive Committee.  Mr. Eittreim is also a member of several bar and professional associations, including the Atlanta Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Lawyers Club of Atlanta.  Mr. Eittreim is also an adjunct member of the faculty at Emory University School of Law, where he is a guest lecturer on family law and trial practice topics and an instructor at the Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques, one of the most highly regarded and intensive trial skills programs offered at any law school in the nation.

Mr. Eittreim graduated from the University of Virginia in 1995 and Emory University School of Law in 1998.  He is licensed to practice law in Georgia and New Jersey.

Mr. Charles Prescott Boring Related Seminars and Products

Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC

Charles “Chuck” P. Boring is an experienced trial attorney, having litigated several of the highest-profile cases in Georgia over the past two decades. Chuck represents clients in high-stakes civil litigation, governmental and internal investigations, and white-collar criminal matters. He has extensive experience handling cases in the spotlight and navigating the public relations aspects of matters involving individuals and entities attracting significant media attention.

As a former prosecutor and lead judicial ethics enforcement official for over 20 years, Chuck has tried well over 100 cases resulting in successful jury verdicts involving public corruption, murder, human trafficking, sexual assault, technology-facilitated crimes, and child abuse in several jurisdictions across the state. He has also successfully defended public officials at trial and on appeal regarding their right to hold public office. A Fellow in the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, Chuck is recognized as an expert in trial advocacy, complex investigations, and judicial and legal ethics.

Prior to joining the firm, Chuck was the Director of the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC), leading the state agency responsible for training and advising all state-level judges on legal and ethical issues, as well as investigating and prosecuting complaints of judicial misconduct. Before being named Director of the JQC, Chuck was the Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney for Cobb County, Georgia, responsible for supervising the Special Victims Unit, Office Training, and other divisions in the office. Chuck previously served as a homicide, major case, and special victims prosecutor in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office and as a prosecutor in the Coweta Judicial Circuit. Chuck has also briefed and argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Georgia Court of Appeals.

In recognition for his trial work, Chuck was named Georgia’s Assistant District Attorney of the Year for 2017. Additionally, Chuck received Attorney of the Year Awards for the Cobb Judicial Circuit (2016, 2013) and the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (2007), and the Trial Attorney of the Year for the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (2006). In 2014, the Fulton County Daily Report named Chuck as a “Rising Star” among attorneys under 40.In addition to his work in the courtroom, Chuck has trained judges on judicial ethics, and attorneys, law enforcement officers, public officials, medical providers, non-profit organizations, and business community partners, on investigations, crime prevention, and legal ethics, among other legal matters. In 2011, Chuck traveled to Africa to help train representatives from the countries of Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Eritrea in the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking and smuggling cases. Chuck is a frequent lecturer and presenter locally, nationally, and internationally, and is an Adjunct Law Professor at Georgia State University College of Law. Chuck has testified on numerous occasions as a subject matter expert before Committees in the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate regarding legal issues coming before the Georgia General Assembly, and he has assisted in drafting several bills that have been signed into law, including those positively impacting survivors of sexual abuse and human trafficking.

Chuck is a graduate of Georgia State University College of Law, where he clerked for Senior Superior Court Judge William W. Daniel and edited and re-wrote portions of Judge Daniel’s preeminent trial treatises, Daniel’s Georgia Handbook on Criminal Evidence and Daniel’s Georgia Criminal Trial Practice. Chuck earned his undergraduate degree in Communication Arts with a minor in Journalism from Georgia Southern University.

Ms. Jamie Anne Perez Related Seminars and Products

Rubin Family Law LLC

Jamie Perez has practiced family law since graduating from law school in 2010, beginning her career representing clients in high-asset and complex divorces for five years. She later moved into non-profit leadership, supervising legal services for survivors of intimate partner abuse at Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF) before moving back into private family law litigation.

Jamie is passionate about serving clients with compassion, empathy, and professionalism, understanding that family law litigation takes a significant toll on those involved. She aims to make the process as seamless and peaceful as possible for clients navigating a complicated and difficult time in their lives.

Jamie serves as a member-at-large of the State Bar of Georgia’s Family Law Section Executive Committee, and has been elected Secretary for the 2024-25 bar year. She chaired the Family Law Sponsorship subcommittee from 2021-2023, and served on the Legislative Subcommittee.

Jamie served as a member of the Georgia Judicial COVID-19 Task Force Family Law Subcommittee, Co-Chair of the Fulton County Family Violence Task Force, Board of Directors of the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Co-Chair of the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division Family Law Committee, and the Atlanta Bar Association’s Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers.

In 2022, the Anti-Defamation League Southeast awarded Jamie the 2022 Emerging Leader Award at their annual Jurisprudence Luncheon for her work toward securing justice and fair treatment for survivors of intimate partner abuse. Jamie was also honored with the 2017 Family Law Institute Kurt Kegel Memorial Scholarship, the 2017 Atlanta Bar Association Family First Award, and the 2015 Kerry Harike Joedecke Atlanta Young Lawyer of the Year Award.

Jamie received her Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law, where she served on the Law Review, and her Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. She spent the first four years of her career in sports marketing before attending law school.

Hon. Alice Elizabeth Benton Related Seminars and Products

Fulton County Superior Court

Alice Benton was admitted to the practice of law in the summer of 1994 after graduating cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law. She received her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University. Prior to be appointed to the bench by Governor Brian P. Kemp in December 2023 and sworn in on January 10, 2024 as the newest Fulton County Superior Court Judge, Judge Benton practiced  family law from 2010 until 2024. Judge Benton is also a former Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office and former civil litigator.

In addition to litigating family law cases, Judge Benton served as a Guardian Ad Litem for both paying clients and pro bono through A.V.L.F. She has been recognized by her peers as an AV rated lawyer by Martindale Hubbell, as a Super Lawyer,  as a Top 10 Attorney (Nationally), and Top 10 Attorney in Georgia Family Law on numerous occasions.

Judge Benton started a two year term as President of the Weltner Family Inn of Court in May of this year and is involved in many volunteer, civic and bar organizations. Currently, Judge Benton volunteers in Atlanta though the National Charity League and volunteers through her church, the Cathedral of St. Philip. She is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Atlanta, Inc.

Judge Benton has called the City of Atlanta home since 1994 where she has reared her three children, Mary Eliza, Wells and Ella.

Hon. Glen A. Cheney Related Seminars and Products

Atlantic Circuit Superior Court

Judge Cheney was appointed to the Atlantic Judicial Circuit bench by Governor Nathan Deal on February 15, 2016.  He was engaged in the general practice of law in Reidsville, Georgia prior to his appointment.  Judge Cheney is the Judge for the Parent Accountability Court for Liberty County. 

Ms. Sherriann Henderson Hicks Related Seminars and Products

The Hicks Law Group

Sherriann H. Hicks, of The Hicks Law Group, focuses her legal career on adoption and surrogacy. Sherriann was admitted to practice law in 1995 and she has been an Adoption Fellow in the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys since 2006. Sherriann has served on the Board of the Academy and as Deputy Adoption Director.  She is currently President Elect.  Sherriann is a Past President and founding Fellow of the Georgia Council of Adoption Lawyers and a Past President of the Gwinnett County Bar Association.  

Sherriann specializes in adoptions and surrogacy, and she has handled hundreds of adoptions over her nearly 25 years as a member of the State Bar of Georgia.  She represents adoptive parents, relatives, stepparents, and foster parents seeking to expand their family through adoption.  She also works with gestational carriers and intended parents who are building their families through assisted reproduction.

Sherriann was involved in drafting and advocating for the passage of adoption legislation which went into effect September 1, 2018, which completely revised for the better Article 1 of Title 19, the Adoption Code.

Sherriann litigates contested adoptions throughout the State of Georgia.  Sherriann also serves as Guardian ad litem for the Superior Court Judges in Gwinnett County regularly. 

Ms. Annie Marie Jordan Related Seminars and Products

DeKalb Pro Bono

Annie Jordan is a leader in the legal community and champion for equality in access to justice. As Executive Director, Annie oversees the operations of DeKalb Pro Bono, a non-profit organization that provides free legal assistance to marginalized and low-income populations in DeKalb County.  She works to develop new programs to match volunteer attorneys with low-income residents who need representation in civil matters such as domestic relations, bankruptcy, landlord tenant disputes, probate issues, consumer debt and representation for victims of domestic violence seeking civil temporary protective orders.

Prior to her current role, Annie had been with DeKalb Pro Bono as a Staff Attorney since 2019 where she ran the Domestic Violence Project.  She served the people of DeKalb County by providing representation to low-income persons seeking civil temporary protective orders. In that role, she also worked with the legal community to facilitate volunteer attorneys in providing pro bono legal services to survivors of domestic violence seeking civil protective orders. In addition, she provided advice and assistance to clients in family law matters. As an expert in domestic violence civil litigation, Annie regularly presents at workshops and trainings to educate lawyers and the community about working with survivors of domestic violence.

Before joining DeKalb Pro Bono, Annie worked in private practice at Knight Family Law and Senterfitt & Knight.  Her practice focused exclusively on family law and included a full range of family law matters including divorce, custody, support, family violence and stalking, contempt, and modification cases.

Annie is active in the legal community. She is the President of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers and has served as a Vice President on its Board of Directors since 2015. She has also served on the Family Law Committee of the State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division and the DeKalb Bar Association, Family Law Section Board of Directors. She is a Barrister in the Cooper Inn of Court and a member of the DeKalb Lawyers Association.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2010 with highest honors and a J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law in 2013.

Ms. Kimberly Michelle Waldon Related Seminars and Products

Atlanta Legal Aid Society

Kimberly Waldon is a staff attorney and the Program Manager of the Clayton Family Advocacy Office, a specialized project with Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. Atlanta Legal Aid is a nonprofit that provides legal assistance to people with low incomes in need of civil legal services. Kimberly primarily represents and advises survivors of domestic violence in a range of civil legal services which include: obtaining protective orders; filing and responding to actions for divorce, legitimation, and custody; and securing financial support. She also provides representation and legal assistance to people facing eviction, and those seeking unemployment and other public benefits.

Kimberly is an active member of a number of organizations, including the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the Georgia TPO Forum, Clayton State University’s Legal Studies Advisory Committee, the Clayton County Task Force Against Domestic Violence, the Clayton County Bar Association, and the Atlanta Bar Association. Kimberly earned her law degree from UC Davis School of Law in 2018 and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Howard University in 2013. She is admitted to the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Georgia.