Georgia Lord

160 CLAIREMONT AVE STE 450
DECATUR, Georgia 30030
United States
Office Phone: 678-271-0305
Member since 2014
Membership Type: IACP

Profession(s)

Lawyer

Georgia has thirty-five years of experience as an attorney. This experience includes work as a litigator, work within the court system, and service on academic faculty. From 2008 until the summer of 2014, she served in Fulton Superior Court's Family Division as a Staff Attorney. While at the Family Division, she worked directly on hundreds of cases, handling the problems arising out of an incredibly wide variety of factual situations. She routinely screened requests for emergency handling, advising Judges and Judicial Officers on management of these matters.

Prior to her Fulton Superior service, Georgia had extensive civil rights litigation experience as a practicing attorney. This experience included service as lead counsel in an action that obtained broad relief under the Americans with Disabilities Act for MARTA customers with disabilities. She also very successfully represented five women in sexual harassment and sexual battery claims against the Sheriff of Hart County, Georgia.

In 2014, Georgia returned to private practice. She now advises clients in an extensive range of Family Law matters, proudly offering both conventional and collaborative practice representation to both traditional and nontraditional families. By joining forces with the firm of Radford & Keebaugh, LLC, she is also able to represent individuals with civil rights and civil liberties claims. She particularly enjoys helping individuals enforce their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act!

Area(s) of Practice: Collaborative practice and conventional litigation services to traditional and nontraditional families regarding divorce and custody disputes. Disability Rights advocacy and litigation services to secure accessibility for persons with disabilities.
License(s): Member in Good Standing, State Bar of Georgia, Admitted 1984. Admitted to practice before the following courts: United States Supreme Court Supreme Court of Georgia Court of Appeals of Georgia United States Court for the Northern District of Georgia United States Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Professional Activities

Frequent service as faculty in Continuing Legal Education presentations to family law attorneys and Judges Master of Court, Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law American Inn of Court Family Law Section, State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section, Atlanta Bar Association Family Law Section, DeKalb Bar Association Board of Trustees, Friends School of Atlanta (2017-19) Attorney Coach, Tucker High Mock Trial Team (2001) Executive Board, American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (1990-2000). Legal Committee, American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (1984-2003; Co-Chair, 1990-1992). Vice Chair, Disability Law and Policy Center of Georgia, Inc. (2000-2003). Board of Directors, disAbility Link (2000-2007).

Undergraduate Education

The American University, 1981

Postgraduate Education

Emory University College of Law, 1984

Comments

"Some lawyers get caught up in the litigation 'battle' and devote too much energy to the skirmishes that arise along the way. I focus, instead, on getting the client and his or her family from the difficult place in which they find themselves to a future in which they can be happy." Georgia Lord