Eric Tatum

Attorney Eric Tatum is a partner with Banks Stubbs & McFarland, L.L.P., law firm in Cumming, Georgia. A top-rated trial lawyer with more than nine years of total legal experience, Mr. Tatum focuses his practice primarily on family law, and he provides exceptional counsel and support to clients throughout Forsyth County, the northern Atlanta metro region and all across North Georgia who are going through a divorce or have some other serious legal issue affecting their families.

Along with family law and divorce, Mr. Tatum also has extensive experience with criminal defense and personal injury litigation as well as wills, trusts and estates, and estate litigation. No matter the issues his clients are facing, he delivers highly personalized counsel to help them make the best-informed decisions as he works hard to help them achieve their goals and the favorable outcomes they seek as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.

Mr. Tatum serves as a certified guardian ad litem in contentious custody battles, and he has handled QDROs and other complex property valuations for his clients. He has a strong background in business management and economics, which helps him to better address his clients' business valuations and other complicated financial matters whether during divorce or estate planning. He also has considerable experience handling adoptions and establishing and enforcing legal guardianships.

A 2008 graduate of Presbyterian College, Mr. Tatum obtained his Juris Doctor from Georgia State University College of Law in 2011. He is admitted to practice before all Georgia state courts as well as before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court. He is also an active member of several local, state and national legal organizations, and he supports his local community through his involvement with various civic and charitable organizations in his area.