FAMILY LAW THROUGH IMMIGRATION
SUPER LAWYERS / GEORGIA 2016
JEFFERY M. CLEGHORN
KITCHENS NE W
CLEGHORN LLC
2973 Hardman Court Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30305
Tel: 678-244-2880
Fax: 678-244-2883
jeff.cleghorn@knclawfirm.com
www.knclawfirm.com
Jeffery M. Cleghorn is a named partner with the law firm of
Kitchens New Cleghorn, LLC, in Atlanta, Georgia. Jeff manages
the firm’s Family Law Practice with expertise in divorce, custody
disputes, modifications, child support, and LGBT issues. Jeff is a
1984 distinguished military graduate of North Georgia College
in Dahlonega, where he received a B.A. in political science.
Upon obtaining the rank of Major, Jeff left the Army in 1996 and
enrolled in law school at The George Washington University, in
Washington, D.C. In 1999, he began his legal career as a Staff
Attorney with the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, in
Washington, D.C., where he represented military personnel in
matters relating to the UCMJ and the Defense Department’s
administrative personnel policies.
FAMILY LAW
LAWRENCE A. COOPER
COHEN, COOPER, ES TEP &
ALLEN, LLC
3330 Cumberland Boulevard
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30339
Tel: 404-814-0000
Fax: 404-816-8900
lacooperatty@mindspring.com
www.ccealaw.com
During more than 35 years of practice, Larry has represented
parties successfully in cases involving divorce, custody, prenuptial
agreements, catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice,
product liability, premises liability, legal malpractice, complex
civil litigation, fraud, business litigation, invasion of privacy, libel,
slander, physician practices, and physician board investigations,
and has served as a civil and domestic mediator. He received his
Master of Laws from Emory University and has taught for many
years at the Emory Law School Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques
Program. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 1989,
the highest lawyer rating. He is a member of the Georgia
Trial Lawyers Association, Southern Trial Lawyers Association,
National Trial Lawyers, and Old Warhorse Lawyers Club.
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF
BUSINESS LITIGATION
FAMILY LAW
WILLIAM M. ORDWAY
ORDWAY LAW GROUP, LLC
Two Ravinia Drive
Suite 1705
Atlanta, GA 30346
Tel: 678-579-0985
Fax: 678-579-0989
bill@ordwaylawgroup.com
www.ordwaylawgroup.com
A graduate of Vanderbilt University and Emory University School
of Law and a former U.S. Army officer, Bill Ordway is a founding
partner in Ordway Law Group, LLC. For the past 23 years, he has
aggressively and compassionately represented clients in family
law, divorce, custody, and support matters. He is an instructor
at the Emory Law School trial advocacy program. Bill and his
clients have been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, WSB-TV
and WXIA-TV in Atlanta, and WLS-TV in Chicago. He is an active
member of the American, Georgia, and Atlanta Bar Associations
and of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta. He holds AVVO’s highest
rating of Superb and Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating of AV
preeminent. He has been selected as a Legal Elite by Georgia
Trend magazine.
FAMILY LAW
STEPHEN C. STEELE
MOORE, INGRAM,
JOHNSON & STEELE, LLP
326 Roswell Street
Marietta, GA 30060
Tel: 770-795-5053
Fax: 770-429-8631
scs@mijs.com
www.mijs.com
After graduating from Georgia Tech and Emory University
School of Law, Stephen C. Steele began practicing law in
1978. He prosecuted misdemeanors and felonies in Cobb
County, Georgia before focusing his practice upon family law.
He served as Chairman of the Family Law Section of the State
Bar of Georgia from 2005 through 2006. He was President
of the Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inn of Court
from 2010 until 2012. He is a Fellow of the American and
International Academies of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is Board
Certified in Family Law Trial Advocacy by the National Board
of Trial Advocacy. He was included among The Best Lawyers in
America, 2014. Steve has been honored to be selected by his
peers to Georgia Super Lawyers each year since 2007.
FAMILY LAW
TERRI S. SUTTON
MEADOWS & MACIE, P.C.
101 Eagle’s Pointe Parkway
Stockbridge, GA 30281
Tel: 770-957-1199
Fax: 770-954-1199
tsutton@meadows-law.com
www.meadows-law.com
Terri Sutton is an experienced family law attorney and partner of
Meadows & Macie, P.C. She is an AV-rated attorney and practices
a full range of family law services including adoption, divorce,
separate maintenance, custody, child support and visitation
modifications, prenuptial agreements, grandparent visitation,
paternity, legitimization, and family violence protective orders.
Terri is trained in collaborative law. Terri holds a Bachelor’s
Degree in psychology from Virginia Tech and a Master’s Degree
in clinical psychology from Loyola College and worked as a
family therapist prior to joining the legal profession, giving her a
unique skill set and perspective. She donated numerous hours
each year as a coach and evaluator for Georgia’s High School
Mock Trial competition.
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE
FAMILY LAW
AMY K. WAGGONER
WAGGONER HAS TINGS LLC
3820 Mansell Road
Suite 170
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Tel: 770-641-8200
Fax: 770-641-8203
amy@whfamilylaw.com
www.whfamilylaw.com
Amy K. Waggoner is a founding partner of Waggoner Hastings
LLC, an Alpharetta, Georgia law firm providing family law and
divorce-related legal services throughout the metro Atlanta
region. As an attorney, Amy assists her clients with such matters
as divorce, domestic partnership agreements and dissolutions,
child custody and support issues, paternity and legitimation
cases, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Amy holds
an AV preeminent rating and is trained in the practice of
collaborative law. She teaches Collaborative Divorce at Georgia
State University College of Law and is a founding member of the
Atlanta Collaborative Divorce Alliance. She regularly lectures on
collaborative practice at continuing education events around
the country. Amy also serves as a guardian ad litem.
FAMILY LAW
LEE T. WALLACE
THE WALLACE LAW FIRM, LLC
2170 Defoor Hills Road
Atlanta, GA 30318
Tel: 404-814-0465
Fax: 404-814-0540
lee@thewallacelawfirm.com
www.thewallacelawfirm.com
First in her undergraduate class at Vanderbilt University, Lee
Wallace is an honors graduate of Harvard Law School and Past
President of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers. Over
the past 20 years, she has worked on matters in 20 states. A
former chair of the Product Liability Section of the Georgia Bar,
she has been named one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Georgia and
one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Georgia, and Georgia Trend
magazine has named her a Georgia Legal Elite. Lee handles
whistleblower (qui tam or False Claims Act) lawsuits and
personal injury cases for people catastrophically injured in car
accidents or by defective products, nursing home negligence, or
bacterial contaminations.
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF
PERSONAL INJURY PRODUC TS: PLAINTIFF
GOVERNMEN T CONTRACTS
JAMES P. KELLY
KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C.
One Securities Centre
3490 Piedmont Road, Suite 340
Atlanta, GA 30305
Tel: 404-446-2300
Fax: 404-446-2301
jpkelly@kellylawfirm.com
www.kellylawfirm.com
Mr. Kelly is a nationally regarded health care attorney, a former
Director of the American Health Lawyers Association, and an
Inaugural Fellow of the AHLA. Mr. Kelly is listed in The Best
Lawyers in America. Mr. Kelly has been listed as one of Georgia
Trend magazine’s Legal Elite and in Chambers USA, America’s
Leading Lawyers for Business. Kelly Law Firm represents local,
regional, and national corporations and businesses. A health
care attorney for 40 years, Mr. Kelly is admitted to the bars
of Georgia; the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
Georgia; the Court of Federal Claims; the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the First, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits; and the U.S. Supreme
Court. Mr. Kelly has achieved Martindale-Hubbell’s highest
rating of AV for legal ability and ethical standards.
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DALE M. SCHWARTZ
SCHWARTZ POSEL
IMMIGRATION LAW GROUP
Suite 450, River Edge One
5500 Interstate North Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30328
Tel: 678-813-1936
Fax: 770-951-1113
dale@immlawfirm.com
www.immlawfirm.com
Dale M. Schwartz, Member of the Bar of the U.S. Supreme
Court and of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Education: B.A.,
University of Georgia, 1965; J.D., University of Georgia, 1968.
Editor, Georgia Law Review, 1967-1968; Editor, Georgia Bar
Journal, 1967-1968. Author of various articles on immigration
law and National President of the American Immigration
Lawyers Association (1986-1987), Mr. Schwartz has been
extensively honored for his contributions in the immigration
law field and has been a frequent guest on national radio
and television programs (Nightline, 60 Minutes, CNN). He is
an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at Emory University
School of Law. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who’s
Who in America, and Who’s Who in the Legal Profession.
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