Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Amy focuses solely on the practice of family law. She handles divorce, child custody and support, paternity, and legitimation cases, counsels clients in premarital planning and preparing Prenuptial Agreements, domestic partnership agreements and dissolutions, and is certified as a Collaborative Law attorney. Amy serves as a Guardian ad Litem to protect the interests of children who are involved in contested custody matters. She lectures on family law issues at events sponsored by church, civic, and business organizations, and volunteers her time on behalf of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, assisting low income litigants in domestic relations matters.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Divorce
• Child Custody and Support
• Paternity
• Legitimation Cases

Representative Cases

• McNeil v. State, 229 Ga. App. 149 (1997)
• Quoted in Miller v. State, 266 Ga. 850 (1996)

West Practice Categories

Family Law, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Paternity

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 1995
• Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• Supreme Court of Georgia

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Georgia, Family Law and Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Sections
• State Bar of Tennessee
• Municipal Court of Union City , 1994 - 2001 (Associate Judge)
• Leadership Clayton Program, Clayton County Chamber of Commerce, 1998
• Atlanta Bar Association, Family Law and Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Sections
• Atlanta Bar Association, 1996 - 1997 (Traffic Court Committee)
• North Fulton Bar Association
• Stonewall Bar Association, 2004 - 2005 (President)
• Stonewall Bar Association, 2001 - Present (Board of Directors)
• Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia
• State Bar of Georgia Mock Trial Competition, 2001 - Present (Judge)
• Children in Contested Custody Cases in Fulton Superior Court, 2001 (Guardian ad Litem)

Honors and Awards

• Georgia Super Lawyer, 2009
• Guardian ad Litem, Children in Contested Custody Cases in Fulton Superior Court, 2001 - Present
• Judge, State Bar of Georgia Mock Trial Competition, 2001

Classes and Seminars

• Panelist "Standards and Ethical Consideration for Collaborative Practice", State Bar of Georgia seminar Collaborative Practice: The Quantum Leap -- An Introduction to the Use of Collaborative Practice, 2008
• Presenter at the "Family Collaborative Law Practice Training", two-day seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 2009

Pro Bono Activities

• Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation Pro Bono Representation of Indigent Clients, 2001 - Present

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1995
  J.D.
  Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Achievement in Litigation
  Honors: Disciplinary Committee (1994-1995)
  Honors: Public Interest Law Society (1992-1995)
  Honors: Phi Delta Phi
  
  Law Review: Georgia Sate University Law Review, Lead Articles Editor
  
  Law Review: 11 GSU Law Review 209, Author, 1994
• Maryville College, 1985
  B.A.
  Honors: Maryville College Presidential Scholar

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

3820 Mansell Road
Suite 170
Alpharetta, GA 30022-1536

Office Hours

8:30 - 5:30PM Monday - Friday

Phones

(770) 641-8200

Faxes

(770) 641-8203

Websites

http://www.awlawyers.com