Our Amy Waggoner and Andrea Hastings have been named 2021 Super Lawyers, and Mali C. Shadmehry has been named a 2021 Rising Star. Super Lawyers Super Lawyers is a Thomson Reuters company that rates outstanding attorneys from over 70 different practice areas. Each year, they recognize the top lawyers in the U.S. via their patented […]
Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ recognize lawyers for their strong legal ability and high ethical standards. Individuals seeking legal counsel, as well as attorneys looking to refer a colleague, use these ratings to identify, evaluate and select the most appropriate lawyer. An elite group of approximately 10 percent of all attorneys holds an AV Preeminent Rating, […]
We would like to say a huge congratulations to our very own Andrea Hastings for being recognized as one of the Lawyers of Distinction’s “Fall 2020 Power Lawyers”! Lawyers of Distinction was recently seen on page 17 in the September 6th, 2020 edition of The New York Times. The publication displayed all of the Fall […]
Andrea Hastings and Amy Waggoner have been named 2019 Super Lawyers! What is a SuperLawyer? Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Super Lawyers […]
Our Amy Waggoner and Andrea Hastings have been named 2017 Super Lawyers, and Kristen Files has been named a 2017 Rising Star. Amy Waggoner, a partner at the firm, was not only rated as a 2017 Super Lawyer, but also made the “Top 50: 2017 Women Georgia Super Lawyers List”. She has been recognized on […]
Georgia Trend, a leading magazine in Georgia’s business, politics and economic development, has named our Andrea Hastings as a 2016 Legal Elite in Family Law. From Georgia Trend, “For the past 14 years, Georgia Trend has asked the state’s attorneys to tell us who they think are the best in their field. This year’s group […]
Hastings Shadmehry Wrightis featured in the September 13th edition of Forbes Magazine, as part of the “Leaders in Law Southeast”. The piece showcases the firm’s compassion for their clients’ needs in family law cases, with a focus on collaborative divorce and mediation, in addition to litigation cases. From the article: “Keen legal sense, combined with […]
Mediation attorneys can play an important role in divorce. Instead of heading straight for the courts and litigation, mediation enables couples to work through their problems and to resolve them by coming to mutual agreement out of court, with the help of a trained third party. The role of mediation attorneys is very specific and […]
Divorce mediation is a form of dispute resolution that enables couples to divorce without going through the stressful, costly litigation process. Instead of being the experimental approach it was just three decades ago, today divorce mediation is considered standard practice, and its role in visitation disputes and contested custody cases is well established. Additionally, mediators […]
Mediation is a type of dispute resolution that is used to minimize hostility between people and help them agree on certain issues. The mediator is required to be totally neutral as he or she does not represent either party, even when the mediator is an attorney. Mediation attorneys can play a positive role in many […]
