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Regina I. Edwards
Regina Edwards
Atlanta
Georgia (GA)
888-610-3352
888-610-3352
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Regina I. Edwards is managing attorney of Edwards & Associates, Family Law Attorneys, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ms. Edwards has more than a decade 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-related litigation.
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.
She speaks English, Spanish and French.
About Regina Edwards
Law School: Tulane University Law School
Languages Spoken: English, French, Spanish
Admitted: 2001, Georgia
Professional Webpage: www.reginaedwardslaw.com/rie.html
Honors and Awards:
- Pro Bono Service Award, 2006 - Present
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Georgia Trial Skills Clinic, Institute of Continuing Legal Education of Georgia, 2005
- Collaborative Law, Collaborative Institute of Georgia, 2005
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member, Stonewall Jackson Bar Association, 2008 - Present
- Member, Family Law Section, Cobb County Bar Association, 2001 - Present
- Member, Family Law Section, Dekalb County Family Law Section, 2001 - Present
- Member, Family Law Section, Gwinnett County Bar Association, 2001 - Present
- Member, Family Law Section, State Bar of Georgia, 2001 - Present
- Supreme Court of Georgia, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 2001
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2001
- Georgia, 2001
- Member, Family Law Section, Atlanta Bar Association, 2001 - Present
- Secretary, Family Law Section of the Gwinnett County Bar Association, 2012
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Pro bono attorney volunteer for cases referred by Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer's Foundation, 2005 - 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
- Mock Trial Evaluator - National Championship, 2009 - Present
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Nuts & Bolts of Family Law - Case Law Updates, State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section, November 15, 2008
- Nuts & Bolts of Family Law - Case Law Updates, State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section, August 22, 2008
- Speaker, Nuts & Bolts of Family Law CLE, 2012 Nuts & Bolts of Family Law CLE - Atlanta, September 12th, 2012
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Educational Background:
- North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina B.A. in Political Science, Minor: Spanish & French, (Magna Cum Laude) - May, 1998
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