Expert Family Law Lawyers at Stern and Edlin

- George S. Stern
- Shiel G. Edlin
- Carla F. Stern

- Gary P. Graham
- Carla M. Schiff
- David J. Beaudry

George S. Stern

Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Relations.

Admitted: 1961, Tennessee; 1964, Georgia; 1974, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Law School: Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1961.

College: Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1959.

Member: Atlanta (Trustee and Board Member, Family Law Section, 1980-1982) and American (Council Member at Large, 1990-1997, Family Law Section; Participant, Faculty-Trial Training for Family Law Practitioners, 1993, 1994; Member, Executive Committee, Family Law Section; Chairman: Continuing Legal Education, 1996-1997; Divorce Laws and Procedures Section; Member: Litigation Law Section; General Practice; Family Law Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1987-; Treasurer, 1988-1990; Vice President, 1990-1996; First Vice President, 1998; President, 1999); Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Founder, U.S.A. Chapter; Member, Board of Governors, 1988-; Treasurer, 1991-); The American College of Family Trial Lawyers (Diplomate, 1993-).

Biography: Member, Moot Court. Co-Author, "Domestic Relations," 37 Mercer Law Review 221, 1985 and 38 Mercer Law Review 179, 1986. Lecturer, Business and Constitutional Law, Oglethorpe University, 1969-1978. Member of Faculty, Divorce Practice in Georgia, Georgia State University College of Law Center For Continuing Legal Education, 1984, 1987. (Partner)

Languages: German and English.

Born: Brussels, Belgium, February 16, 1937.

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Shiel G. Edlin

Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Family Law.

Admitted: 1979, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia

Law School: Mercer University, J.D., 1979.

College: George Washington University, B.B.A., 1976.

Member: Atlanta (Chairman, Family Law Section, 1989-1990) and American (Council Member, Family Law Section, 1996-) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Chancellor, Authors Court, 1988-1989; Member: Legislative Liaison, Family Law Section, 1990-; Executive Committee, 1993-); Lawyers Club of Atlanta

Biography: Fifth Circuit Survey Editor, 1978-1979, Mercer Law Review. Author, "T.V. Or Not T.V.: Televised and Photographic Coverage of Trials," 29 Mercer Law Review 1119, 1978. Co-Author, "Domestic Relations," 37 Mercer Law Review 221, 1985 and 38 Mercer Law Review 179, 1986. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Board of Governors, 1998-2000). (Partner)

Born: Cincinnati, Ohio, September 26, 1954.

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Carla F. Stern

Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Relations.

Admitted: 1990, Georgia

Law School: Quinnipiac College, J.D., 1990.

College: Miami University, B.S., 1987; Emory University.

Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Family Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section); Atlanta Lawyers Club. Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inn of Court

Biography: Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards: Family Law; Federal Income Taxation. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. (Partner)

Born: Atlanta, Georgia, April 25, 1965.

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Gary P. Graham

Admitted: 1999, Georgia

Law School: Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1999.

College: Georgia Southern University, B.S., 1996.

Member: Atlanta (Family Law Section) and American (Family Law Section) Bar Associations.

Biography: Golden Key National Honor Society. Co-Author: "How to Introduce E-Mail into Evidence Related Consideration,". Author, State Bar of Georgia Family Law Newsletter, August and September, 2000 Edition.

Born: Daytona Beach, Florida, September 25, 1973.

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Carla M. Schiff

Practice Areas: Family Law.

Admitted: 1995, Georgia

Law School: Emory Law School, J.D., 1995.

College: Lehigh University, B.A., 1990.

Member: Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia.

Biography: Dean's Fellow, Emory Law School, Fall, 1994-Spring, 1995. Author: "Protecting Non-ERISA Pension Funds from the Reach of Creditors in Bankruptcy," 11 Bankruptcy Development Journal 155, 1994/1995. Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1997-2000. Law Clerk, Georgia Court of Appeals, 2000-2001.

Born: Brooklyn, New York, October 4, 1969.

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David J. Beaudry

Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Family Law.

Admitted: 2001, New Jersey. 2003, Georgia, and admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Georgia, and Georgia Court of Appeals.

Law School: Seton Hall University, J.D., 2001.

College: Florida State University, B.S., 1988.

Member: American Bar Association

Biography: Interscholastic Moot Court Seton Hall University School of Law, 1999-2001. Center for Social Justice, Family Law Clinic, Seton Hall University School of Law, 2000-2001.

Born: Pasadena, Texas, November 13, 1965

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Stern and Edlin offers representation in family law matters involving:

- Divorce
- Alimony
- Paternity
- Contempt
- Relocation issues
- Visitation disputes
- Division of property
- Postnuptial agreements
- Modification of custody
- Child custody and child support