Experienced Atlanta, Georgia, Divorce Lawyer
For the past 15 years, we at the law office of Jody A. Miller have been providing clients with creative solutions to their legal problems in a thoughtful and respectful environment. Our firm's founding attorney, Jody A. Miler practices exclusively in the areas of family law, divorce, alimony, child custody and visitation, paternity, domestic violence, and juvenile law. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, we represent clients throughout Georgia.
If you have questions about a divorce or legal issue concerning your family, contact us to schedule an appointment with an experienced lawyer. No matter what your issue involves, we will always place your concern as our firm's main priority.
Education
Mercer University School of Law, J.D., 1992
Honors: Law Review, Dean's List, Who's Who Among American Law Students
Activities: Vice Justice, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International
University of Georgia, M.B.A., 1984
Concentration in Management Information Systems.
Activities: Graduate Business Association -- Academic Affairs Committee, Newsletter,
Secretary; Graduate Business Women.
Emory University, B.A., 1981
Double major in History and English.
Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority -- Activities Chairman, Community Service.
Focus of Practice
Family Law and Domestic Relations
Juvenile Law
Admittances
State Bar of Georgia
Admitted to all State Courts, Georgia Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of Georgia, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Appellate Cases
Watkins v. Watkins, Georgia Court of Appeals, 2003
Professional Leadership
Recipient - 2007 Cobb County Democrat Women Business Woman of the Year Award
Member: State Bar of Georgia
Member: Cobb County Bar Association
Member: Atlanta Bar Association
Member: Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
Barrister: Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inns of Court, 2002-present
Speaker: Brown v. Board of Education, Addison Elementary School, April 27, 2004
Speaker: Post-divorce Issues: Enforcement and Modification of Decrees, and Step-parent Adoptions, Parents Without Partners, May 17, 1995
Speaker: Solo and Small Firm Success, Institute of Continuing Legal Education Seminars, 1996 - 2000
Speaker: Participant in panel of attorneys giving presentation and discussion of the law to Penhurst Subdivision Women's Group, Marietta, Georgia, September 24, 1996;addressed issues involving family law
Speaker: Juveniles and the Criminal Justice System, Kennesaw State University Continuing Education, March 21, 1997
Speaker: Juvenile Law for the New Lawyer, Georgia State University Continuing Legal Education, November 12, 1997
Author: Practicing Juvenile Law in Georgia Courts, Calendar Call, magazine of the General Practice and Trial Section of the State Bar of Georgia, Vol. II, No. 3, Spring 1996
Author: Family Law Basics for the Non-Family Law Practitioner, Georgia Bar Journal,Vol. 2, No. 3, December 1996
Television: Layman's Lawyer, WPBA Channel 30, Adoption Law, talk show guest October 20, 1997
Television: Layman's Lawyer, WPBA Channel 30, Deadbeat Parents, talk show guest October 12, 1998
Radio: WGUN Radio, Professional Review talk show, Marital & Family Law, aired December 3 and December 11, 1997
Continuing Legal Education Seminar Chairman: co-chairman of the annual Cobb County Bar Association Family Law Seminar
Civic/Community Leadership
1997-8 Program Committee Chairman
1996-8 Board of Directors
1995 Program Committee
1995 Club Georgia Red Ribbon Campaign chairman
1994 Club Essay Contest chairman
1999-2004 Senior Citizens Chairperson
2000-2003 Board of Directors
2003-2004 Vice President
2004-2005 President Elect
2005-2006 President
2006-Present Board of Directors
