Law School
Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Oglethorpe University, B.A., cum laude, 1976
Memberships
Gwinnett County Bar Association (President, 1994-1995); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Family Law Section; Committee Member, Chief Justice's Committee on Professionalism and Local Bar Activities Committee); National Association of Women Judges; Lawyers Club of Atlanta.
Biographical
Recipient, Best Newsletter, State Bar of Georgia Award, Bar Associations 250-1000, 1997, 1999, 2001-2003. Speaker, Recertification and Update for Georgia Municipal Court Judges, 1999 and 2001. Author: Divorce and Child Support: Peripheral Issues for the Claimant, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Workers' Compensation Law Institute, 1991; Gwinnett County Juvenile Court Program, State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section Newsletter, February 1993; Municipal Court Judge's Recertification Course, Traffic Law — Speed Detection Devices, Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia, May 1993; Mediation and Guardian Ad Litem Programs: Alternatives and Options in Domestic Matters, Key Issues in Family Law, Georgia Seminar, July 22, 1993; Mediation and Guardian Ad Litem Programs: Alternatives and Options in Domestic Matters, State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section Newsletter, August/September 1993; The Roles of the Guardian Ad Litem in Custody Cases, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 12th Annual Family Law Institute, May 1994; Municipal Court Judge's Recertification Course, Traffic Law — D.U.I. Update, 1994, Institute of Continuing Legal Education of Georgia, June 1994; The Computer in the Law Office, Hot Tips from the Experts, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 17th Annual Family Law Institute, May 1999; Implied Consent Rights, Miller v. State and State v. Moses, Gwinnett County Bar Association, June 1999; Malicious Prosecution: Financial Institution Immunity, Nicholl v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Gwinnett County Bar Association Newsletter, July/August 1999; Notes and Comments from the Bar of Judiciary as to How to Take Care of Yourself and Stay Mentally and Physically Fit for the Practice of Law and for Life, Gwinnett County Bar Association Newsletter, April 2001. Assistant Solicitor, DeKalb County State Court, 1981-1983. Associate, Lamb & Associates, 1980-1981. Law Clerk, Chief Judge Thomas L. Camp, Fulton County State Court, 1979-1980. Municipal Court