Tina Shadix Roddenbery

Bar / Professional Activity

• Georgia State
• State Bar of Georgia, 2009 - 2010
• Younger Lawyers Division, Past President
• Chair of the Family Law Section, State Bar Board of Governors, 1995
• President - Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
• Co-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Program - American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2020 - 2021
• State Bar of Georgia’s Family Law Section, Chair
• President (two-year term from 2019-2021) - Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2020
• Board of Governors - American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), 2020
• Co-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Program - American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2019
• President (two-year term from 2019-2021) - Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2019
• Vice President (two-year term from 2017-2019) - Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2018
• Vice President (two-year term from 2017-2019) - Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2017
• Vice President and Fellow - Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
• Master - Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inn of Court
• Fellow - International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)
• Past Chair - Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency
• Atlanta Bar Association, Family Law Section
• Member - Lawyers Club of Atlanta
• Old War Horse Lawyers Club

Videos

• Tips on Navigating Child Custody, Tips on Navigating Child Custody

Special Licenses / Certifications

• National Board of Trial Advocacy – Board Certified in Family Law Trial Advocacy, 2014

Pro bono / Community Service

• Member, Board of Trustees, Trinity School
• Board of Trustees, Executive Committee - Institute of Continuing Judicial Education (ICJE)
• Past Member of Advisory Board - Atlanta Legal Aid Society
• Past President of the Board of Directors - Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Divorce Law Primer with Lawyers Ivory T. Brown and Tina Roddenbery, Law Talk Podcast, Nov. 2019
• “Ethical Considerations in Complex and High-Asset Divorce Cases,” Family Lawyer Magazine, 2019
• Custody Law Primer with Tina Roddenbery and Ivory T. Brown, Law Talk Podcast, December 2019
• Attorney’s Fees: Statutes and Collection Tips, Family Law Institute, May 2018
• Decision Making in Divorce: Active v. Passive Clients, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Dec. 2017
• Trusts in Your Divorce case, Family Law Section Family Law Institute, May 2017
• AAML Decision Making in Divorce – Active v. Passive Clients, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, March 2017
• Litigating Highly Contentious Cases, Litigation from Soup to Nuts, YLD Litigation Committee CLE, April 2016
• Privacy Interests in Family Law: How to Effectively Advise Clients Regarding Electronic Communications, Video Surveillance and Audio Recordings, Contemporary and Complicated Divorce Issues, ICLE, February 2016
• Mock Direct and Cross of Financial Expert Witness: Financial Topics in Family Law, Atlanta Bar Association, January 2015
• International Issues in your Georgia Divorce: Family Law Section Family Law Institute, May 2014
• Deposition Do’s and Don’ts: The YLD Family Law Committee Presents: Tips and Tactics for the Family Law Associate, Aug. 2014
• International Issues in Georgia Family Law cases: Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, seminar for the Superior Court Judges, January 2015
• Discovery-Tips on How to Get What you Need, Webinar for the State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section, May 2014
• Complex and high-asset divorce cases can provide intellectually and financially rewarding work. However, they can also present a number of ethical issues, Author, Ethical Considerations in Complex and High-Asset Divorce Cases, Family Lawyer Magazine, 2019
• Child Support Guidelines: Everything You Wanted to Know but were Afraid to Ask: Family Law Section, Nuts and Bolts Seminar, 2013

Honors

• Recipient, 2025 Jack P. Turner Award, honoring exceptional service, integrity and impact in Georgia family law, Georgia Family Law Institute
• Listed, Doyle's Guide - Atlanta, "Leading Family & Matrimonial & Divorce Lawyers, Recommended," 2025
• Listed, 2023 Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite
• Listed, 2022 Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite
• Listed, 2022 Super Lawyers’ Elite Top 10, Georgia Lawyers
• Listed, 2022 Family Law Trailblazer, National Law Journal
• Listed, 2021 National Fellow of the Year, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)
• 2020 Ross Adams Award from the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia
• Georgia Super Lawyers, 2006 to present
• Lawyers Foundation of Georgia – Life Fellow
• Recognized by Super Lawyers on the "Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers" list., Listed, Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2021
• Recognized by Super Lawyers in the "Top 50: Women Georgia Super Lawyers" list from 2018-Present., Listed, Top 50 Women Georgia Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2021
• Received the Ross Adams Award from the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division (YLD). This award recognizes a YLD past president who demonstrates continued support of the organization and its goals. Roddenbery served as YLD president from 1994 to 1995 and was first recognized with the Ross Adams Award in 2011. This is only the second time a YLD past president has received the award more than once., Ross Adams Award, Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia, 2020
• Recognized by Super Lawyers in the "Top 50: Women Georgia Super Lawyers" list from 2018-Present., Listed, Top 50 Women Georgia Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2020
• Listed in the 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers guide, a first-rate collection of the nation’s best advisors for divorce, separation, asset division and custody issues., 500 Family Lawyers Guide, Lawdragon, 2020
• Recognized by Super Lawyers in the "Top 50: Women Georgia Super Lawyers" list from 2018-Present., Listed, Top 50 Women Georgia Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2019
• Included in Georgia Trend's 2018 Legal Elite feature, which recognized Georgia’s top attorneys as chosen by their peers., Legal Elite, Georgia Trend, 2018
• Recognized by Super Lawyers in the "Top 50: Women Georgia Super Lawyers" list from 2018-Present., Listed, Top 50 Women Georgia Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2018
• Recognized in 2018 by Best Lawyers in America as a Lawyer of the Year in Family Law., Lawyer of the Year, Family Law, Best Lawyers in America, 2018
• Included in Georgia Trend's 2016 Legal Elite feature, which recognized Georgia’s top attorneys as chosen by their peers., Legal Elite, Georgia Trend, 2016
• Received the Joseph T. Tuggle award from the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia for exemplary professionalism., Joseph T. Tuggle, Jr. Award, Family Law Section, State Bar of Georgia, 2015
• Recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 2011 - present., Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America, 2011
• Recognized in Atlanta Magazine’s Super Lawyers since 2006., Super Lawyers, Atlanta Magazine, 2006
• Received the Ross Adams Award from the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division (YLD). This award recognizes a YLD past president who demonstrates continued support of the organization and its goals., Ross Adams Award, Younger Lawyers Division, State Bar of Georgia, 2011
• Recognized in Georgia Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite as selected by fellow lawyers from 2003 to 2018., Legal Elite, Georgia Trend, 2003
• Martindale-Hubble AV Preeminent Rating since 1997, AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale

“Tina Roddenbery is an outstanding lawyer and deserving of being a SuperLawyer.”

“Smart and driven, but kind and gentle in working with clients in difficult times”