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The team of attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, and many others.
- George S. Stern
- Shiel G. Edlin
- Carla F. Stern
- Gary P. Graham
- Carla M. Schiff


George S. Stern

Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Relations.

Admitted: 1961, Tennessee; 1964, Georgia; 1974, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Law School: Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1961.

College: Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1959.

Member: Atlanta (Trustee and Board Member, Family Law Section, 1980-1982) and American (Council Member at Large, 1990-1997, Family Law Section; Participant, Faculty-Trial Training for Family Law Practitioners, 1993, 1994; Member, Executive Committee, Family Law Section; Chairman: Continuing Legal Education, 1996-1997; Divorce Laws and Procedures Section; Member: Litigation Law Section; General Practice; Family Law Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1987-; Treasurer, 1988-1990; Vice President, 1990-1996; First Vice President, 1998; President, 1999); Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Founder, U.S.A. Chapter; Member, Board of Governors, 1988-; Treasurer, 1991-); The American College of Family Trial Lawyers (Diplomate, 1993-).

Biography: Member, Moot Court. Co-Author, "Domestic Relations," 37 Mercer Law Review 221, 1985 and 38 Mercer Law Review 179, 1986. Lecturer, Business and Constitutional Law, Oglethorpe University, 1969-1978. Member of Faculty, Divorce Practice in Georgia, Georgia State University College of Law Center For Continuing Legal Education, 1984, 1987. (Partner)

Counties of Fulton, Cobb & DeKalb. AAML Previous: President, President Elect, Treasurer, Vice President and First Vice President. Member: American Bar Association, Family Law Section; Atlanta Bar Association, Family Law Section; Georgia Bar Association, Family Law Section; International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; American College of Matrimonial Trial Lawyers. Current Positions; International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Treasurer. Previous Positions: ABA, Family Law Section, Member of Council (1990-96); ABA, Family Law Section, CLE Chairman (1996-97); Atlanta Bar Association, Family Law Section, Trustee and Board Member (1989-92); International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Founding Fellow of USA Chapter. CLE Participation: Atlanta Bar Association, Family Law Section, January, 1998; American Bar Association, Family Law Section, August 1997 and April 1997. Co-Author: Domestic Relations Annual Survey of Georgia Law, Mercer Law Review, Fall, 1985-86. Included in ``The Best Lawyers in America,'' 1997-present.
Languages: German and English.

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Shiel G. Edlin

Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Family Law.

Admitted: 1979, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia

Law School: Mercer University, J.D., 1979.

College: George Washington University, B.B.A., 1976.

Member: Chairman, Family Law Section, State Bar of Georgia, 2006-2007, Chairman, Family Law Section, Atlanta Bar Association 1989-1990, and Council Member, Family Law Section, American Bar Association,1996-2002

Biography: Fifth Circuit Survey Editor, 1978-1979, Mercer Law Review. Author, "T.V. Or Not T.V.: Televised and Photographic Coverage of Trials," 29 Mercer Law Review 1119, 1978. Co-Author, "Domestic Relations," 37 Mercer Law Review 221, 1985 and 38 Mercer Law Review 179, 1986. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Board of Governors, 1998-2000). (Partner)
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Carla F. Stern

Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Relations.

Telephone: 404.256.0010;
E-Mail: Carla@stern-edlin.com.
Biography: Carla F. Stern is a partner in the family law firm of Stern & Edlin, PC, 225 W. Wieuca Road, Atlanta, Georgia; Ms. Stern is a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Law and a member of the Family Law Sections of the Atlanta Bar, Georgia Bar, and American Bar Associations, The Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inn of Court, and the Atlanta Lawyer’s Club. A frequent lecturer and panelist at matrimonial law seminars, some of Ms. Stern’s lectures have been delivered to the State Bar of Georgia, Family Law Section; the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Georgia Chapter and the Atlanta Bar Association Family Law Section. Additionally, she has authored numerous articles on matrimonial law.
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Gary P. Graham

Biography: Gary P. Graham is an associate in the family law firm of Stern & Edlin, P.C., in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Justice Studies from Georgia Southern University where he was a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society. He received his Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, from Mississippi College School of Law in May of 1999. Mr. Graham is a member of the American Bar Association, Family Law Section, The Lawyers Club of Atlanta, the Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia, and is a Board Member of the Family Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association, where he currently serves as a Member at Large. He co-authored, with Shiel G. Edlin, Esq., "How to Introduce E-Mail into Evidence and Related Considerations," State Bar of Georgia Family Law Newsletter, August and September 2000 Edition, and "Ten Easy Ways to Close a Client," Senior Lawyer, American Bar Association Senior Lawyers Division, Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 2005. He authored and presented "Obtaining Passports for Children of Divorced Parents and Other Considerations" at the 22nd Annual Family Law Institute, 2004. He was also one of the speakers at the 2006 Georgia Psychological Association - Family Law Institute Joint Conference, speaking on the issue of ethics. Mr. Graham authored and presented Obtaining and Evaluating Financial Information, Working Under the New Child Support Guidelines, and Preparing Financial Statements Quickly and Effectively for the 2006, 2007, and 2008 seminars presented by Halfmoon, LLC entitled Georgia Family Law Practice for Paralegals. Mr. Graham was named a 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 Georgia Rising Star - Super Lawyers by Law and Politics and Atlanta Magazine.

GARY P. GRAHAM, ESQ.
Stern and Edlin, P.C.
225 W. Wieuca Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30342
404.256.0010
404.851.9081 - fax

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Carla M. Schiff

Practice Areas: Family Law.

Admitted: 1995, Georgia

Law School: Emory Law School, J.D., 1995.

College: Lehigh University, B.A., 1990.

Member: Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia.

Biography: Dean's Fellow, Emory Law School, Fall, 1994-Spring, 1995. Author: "Protecting Non-ERISA Pension Funds from the Reach of Creditors in Bankruptcy," 11 Bankruptcy Development Journal 155, 1994/1995. Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1997-2000. Law Clerk, Georgia Court of Appeals, 2000-2001. Ms. Schiff was named a 2006, 2007 and 2008 Family Law Georgia Rising Star - Super Lawyers by Law and Politics and Atlanta Magazine.

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(404) 256-0010

Stern and Edlin offers representation in family law matters involving:

- Divorce
- Alimony
- Paternity
- Contempt
- Relocation issues
- Visitation disputes
- Division of property
- Postnuptial agreements
- Modification of custody
- Child custody and child support

Address:
225 West Wieuca Road
Atlanta, GA 30342*
Phone Number:
(404) 256-0010


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