Andrea Hastings
Andrea Dyer Hastings
Alpharetta, Georgia
| Partner | |
| phone | 770-641-8200 |
| fax | 770-641-8203 |
Andrea (“Andee”) focuses solely on the practice of family law. She handles divorce, separate maintenance, child custody and child support, alimony, modification actions, contempt, domestic violence, paternity, and legitimation cases, counsels clients in premarital planning and preparing Prenuptial Agreements, postnuptial agreements, settlement agreements, separation agreements, name change, domestic partnership agreements and dissolutions, mediation, case evaluation, and is certified as a Collaborative Law attorney. Andee has significant experience in handling complex domestic litigation cases, and she brings that experience to each and every case she handles, for the benefit of her clients. Andee is trained as a Guardian ad Litem, specializing in protecting the interests of children who are involved in contested custody matters. Andee is a trained and certified domestic mediator. She lectures on family law issues at events sponsored by church, civic, and business organizations. Andee also volunteers her time mentoring high school, college and law school students competing in mock trial events and honing their skills as future lawyers and advocates.
- Areas of Practice:
- Family Law
- Divorce
- Child Custody and Support
- Paternity
- Legitimation Cases
- Bar Admissions:
- Georgia, 1997
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 2001
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2002
- Georgia Court of Appeals, 1998
- Georgia Supreme Court, 2005
- Honors and Awards:
- Selected for inclusion as a Georgia Super Lawyer “Rising Star” 2011 and 2012
- Lamar American Inn of Court
- Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court
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- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia, 2006-Present
- Member, Family Law Section, State Bar of Georgia 2000-present
- Atlanta Bar Association, 2000 – present
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Judge, The National Mock Trial Competition
- Judge, J. Melvin England Mock Trial Competition
- Judge, Cobb County Mock Trial Competition
- National Association of Professional Women
- Speaker, “Advanced Issues in Divorce,” National Business Institute, 2009
- Guest Lecturer, “Collaborative Divorce,” Georgia State University College of Law, Spring 2012
- Speaker, “Advanced Issues in Divorce,” National Business Institute, 2012
- Speaker, Domestic Mediation Training, Resolve to Solve, October 2012
- Guest Lecturer, “Collaborative Divorce and the Role of the Child Specialist,” Georgia State University College of Law, Spring 2013
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- Education:
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia Juris Doctor, 1997
- Honors: Order of the Barristers, Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court, Chairperson-University of Georgia School of Law Mock Trial Program
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Bachelor of Arts with Highest Distinction 1994
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Dean’s List every semester, Golden Key National Honor Society
- Major: International Studies with a core concentration in Russian and East European Studies
- Representative Cases:
State of Georgia vs. Dean, 235 GA App 847 (GA Ct App 1998)
- Mallen vs. Mallen, 280 GA 43 (GA Sct 2005)
- Past Employment Positions:
Warner, Mayoue, Bates & Nolen PC, Attorney/Partner, 2004 – 2009
Lawler, Tanner & Zitron, Associate, 2003 – 2004
Hawkins & Parnell, LLP, Associate, 2000 – 2003
Rockdale County District Attorney, Assistant District Attorney, 1997 – 2000 - Fraternities/Sororities:
- Delta Phi Epsilon
- Birth Information:
- 1972, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Past Employment Positions:
