Regina I. Edwards

Top rated Family Law attorney in Lawrenceville, Georgia

Edwards Family Law
Regina I. Edwards
Edwards Family Law

Practice areas: Family Law

Licensed in Georgia since: 2001

Education: Tulane University Law School

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2026 Selected to Rising Stars: 2013, 2015 - 2018

Edwards Family Law

485 S Perry St
Suite A3
Lawrenceville, GA 30046 Phone: Additional Location Email: Regina I. Edwards Visit website
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Regina I. Edwards is managing attorney of Edwards Family Law in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ms. Edwards has 24 years of complex family law litigation experience. She has tried contested matters involving domestic violence, child custody, child support, alimony, equitable division of marital property, and contempt actions before judges and juries in Georgia superior and juvenile courts.

Before graduating from Tulane University Law School in 2001, Ms. Edwards focused on family law-related course work and clerked for several prestigious law firms, where she concentrated on defense litigation, fair housing litigation and public interest.

As a practicing attorney, she gained valuable litigating civil cases involving divorces, custody, legitimation, public housing, Social Security, disability, domestic violence, education, consumer advocacy and unemployment. She joined her current law firm in 2005. Today, her practice is devoted solely to family law and estate planning.

Ms. Edwards is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, and the Supreme Court of Georgia. She is also active in numerous professional associations and engages in pro bono activities.

First Admitted: 2001, Georgia

Professional Webpage: https://georgiafamilymatterslaw.com/about-us/

Bar / Professional Activity

  • Member, Family Law Section, State Bar of Georgia, 2001 - Present
  • Member, Family Law Section, Dekalb County Family Law Section, 2001 - Present
  • Secretary, Family Law Section of the Gwinnett County Bar Association, 2013, 2015 President, Family Law Section of the Gwinnett County Bar Association, 2014
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 2001
  • Member, Family Law Section, Gwinnett County Bar Association, 2001 - Present
  • Member, Stonewall Jackson Bar Association, 2008 - Present
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2001
  • Member, Family Law Section, Atlanta Bar Association, 2001 - Present
  • Member, Family Law Section, Cobb County Bar Association, 2001 - Present
  • Georgia, 2001
  • Supreme Court of Georgia, 2001

Special Licenses / Certifications

  • Georgia Trial Skills Clinic, Institute of Continuing Legal Education of Georgia, 2005
  • Collaborative Law, Collaborative Institute of Georgia, 2005

Pro bono / Community Service

  • Mock Trial Evaluator - National Championship, 2009 - Present
  • Pro bono attorney volunteer for cases referred by Gwinnett Legal Aid Society, 2005 - Present
  • Mock Trial Evaluator - Gwinnett County Regional Championship, 2006 - Present
  • Mock Trial Evaluator - Georgia State Championship, 2009 - Present
  • Pro bono attorney volunteer for cases referred by Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer's Foundation, 2005 - Present

Educational Background

  • North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina B.A. in Political Science, Minor: Spanish & French, (Magna Cum Laude) - May, 1998

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

  • Nuts & Bolts of Family Law - Case Law Updates, State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section, August 22, 2008
  • How to Present a Temporary Hearing, Speaker, Nuts and Bolts of Family Law, 2019
  • Nuts & Bolts of Family Law - Case Law Updates, State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section, November 15, 2008
  • Speaker, Nuts & Bolts of Family Law CLE, 2012 Nuts & Bolts of Family Law CLE - Atlanta, September 12th, 2012

Honors

  • Pro Bono Service Award, 2006 - Present

Office location for Regina I. Edwards

485 S Perry St
Suite A3
Lawrenceville, GA 30046

Selections

7 Years Super Lawyers
5 Years Rising Stars
  • Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2026
  • Rising Stars: 2013, 2015 - 2018

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