Wills, Trusts & Estates

My practice consists exclusively of divorce and family law, simple estate and advance directives, and small business set-ups like incorporations or Limited Liability Corporations. Probably 80% of my clients are people seeking a quick and inexpensive uncontested divorce. I do handle other family law matters like child support, custody modifications, and contested divorces, but I only agree to take cases where my clients show a genuine interest in resolving conflicts instead of using the legal system to punish their former spouse.

• Nolo Document Review

• Power of Attorney

• Drafting Wills
• Estate Administration
• Estate Planning
• Living Trusts
• Living Wills
• Probate
• Power of Attorney
• Revocable Trust & Irrevocable Trust

Family Law

My practice consists exclusively of divorce and family law, simple estate and advance directives, and small business set-ups like incorporations or Limited Liability Corporations. Probably 80% of my clients are people seeking a quick and inexpensive uncontested divorce. I do handle other family law matters like child support, custody modifications, and contested divorces, but I only agree to take cases where my clients show a genuine interest in resolving conflicts instead of using the legal system to punish their former spouse.

• Name Changes
• Restraining Orders

• Child Abuse
• Domestic Violence
• Elder Abuse
• Sexual Abuse

• Adoptions
• Child Support
• Children's Rights
• Custody
• Paternity
• State Child Protection
• Visitation

• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender Rights
• Living Together/Cohabitation
• Marriage
• Power of Attorney
• Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements

• Competency Hearings
• Guardianships & Conservatorships
• Long-Term Care
• Nursing Homes
• Powers of Attorney
• Medicaid & Medicare Planning
• Advanced Health Care Directive
• Healthcare Power of Attorney
• Healthcare Proxy
• Nursing Home Negligence

• Termination of Parental Rights

Divorce

My practice consists exclusively of divorce and family law, simple estate and advance directives, and small business set-ups like incorporations or Limited Liability Corporations. Probably 80% of my clients are people seeking a quick and inexpensive uncontested divorce. I do handle other family law matters like child support, custody modifications, and contested divorces, but I only agree to take cases where my clients show a genuine interest in resolving conflicts instead of using the legal system to punish their former spouse.

• Alimony/Palimony/Spousal Support
• Annulment
• Child Support
• Custody/Visitation Rights
• Delinquent Support Payments
• Division of Property
• Restraining Orders
• Uncontested Divorce
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender (LGBT) Rights

GA, Aug 1988
Bar Number: 006980

Court-Appointed Special Advocate for Children.

Georgia State Courts.

State Bar of Georgia, Certified CASA Volunteer for the Appalachian Judicial Circuit (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children), and Tri-State Business Women Association (serving Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee).

I attend seminars for the required continuing legal education hours each year.

The majority of cases that I handle are uncontested/no-fault divorces where both parties are committed to resolving any issues they might have regarding the division of marital property and debt, child custody, and spousal or child support as quickly and fairly as possible with out having to resort to costly litigation.

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Georgia, but I have started the process to be admitted by comity/reciprocity in both Tennessee and North Carolina and should be licensed in those states by June 2009, if not sooner.

I formed North Georgia Legal Services when I moved to the North Georgia mountain area in 2008 to be closer to my family. Upon moving to the mountains, I discovered that there was a great need for low-cost legal services in this area. Due to the current state of the economy, many residents in the area were forced to try and handle cases on their own because they could not afford to hire an attorney to help them. Everywhere I went, people told me how frustrated they were with trying to navigate the legal system alone and even more frustrated that they were with paying high legal fees for work that never seemed to get done. I established North Georgia Legal Services to fill this need and to make lawyer assisted legal services fast and affordable again.

My law practice is dedicated to making lawyer-assisted legal services available to everyone by offering low fixed fees for the legal services most often needed by the average person such as family law, simple estate planning and legal matters concerning starting and running a small business.

I have been an attorney for over twenty years and have spent nineteen of those practicing in the metropolitan Atlanta area in Plaintiff-oriented law firms that practice solely in the areas of civil and family law. I have helped thousands of clients with their legal problems and have always made it my mission to make what was often the worst periods of their lives go as smoothly and quickly as legally possible.

I am a volunteer in the CASA program representing children who have been taken into the custody of the Department of Family and Children Services. I am also working with the Appalachian Judicial Circuit in regards to their self-help program which offers legal services to people who are attempting to handle their legal matters without an attorney.

I am a one-person law firm.

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Weekends and evenings by appointment.

Since I am in a rural area, I offer to meet clients who live more than twenty minutes from me at a local coffee place or library/conference area.

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I only work on a fixed fee basis. I personally believe that working on a retainer or hourly basis presents a conflict of interest between the attorney and the client. I charge $500 for uncontested divorces where minor children are involved and need to be provided for and $250 if there are no minor children. If the divorce is "gently" contested in that there are only a few issues which appear to be capable of being resolved without having to have a trial, I usually only charge an additional $250. The prices for other family law issues like custody or visitation modification will vary based on the complexity of the situation and the willingness of the parties to attempt to work together but I rarely charge more than $1,000 and offer payment plans. The prices for other common legal services are listed on my web site.

I do not work on an hourly rate. I always try to quote my clients a fixed fee before they hire me even on cases where the amount of time that might be involved is unknown.

All initial consultations are free and last as long as needed for me to answer the potential clients questions and gather the information I need to give them an initial evaluation and quote them a flat fee for my services based on the facts of their situation.

Just like lawyers do not like surprises in their cases, I do not think clients like surprises in their bills.