Michael and his wife Sandy have been married for over 40 years and have 4 children who are now grown and married, and have blessed Michael and Sandy with 9 grandchildren. Michael and Sandy are members of Woodland Park Baptist Church (where Mike serves as an elder and works with high school students).

Education

• University of Georgia (BA, summa cum laude, 1981; JD, summa cum laude 1984)
• Academic Honors
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Order of the Coif

Memberships

• State Bar of Georgia
• Chattanooga Bar Association

• Tennessee Bar Association
• Christian Legal Society
• Chattanooga Estate Planning Council
• Fellow, Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys
• Georgia Council of Adoption Lawyers

Featured Publications

• Tennessee Bar Association – Tennessee’s New Adoption Law (July 2018)
• Tennessee Bar Journal – A New Concept: Enforceable Post-adoption Contact Agreements Come to Tennessee
• Tennessee Bar Journal – Tennessee’s New Adoption Law

Practice Areas

• Adoption, throughout all of north Georgia and middle and east Tennessee, including:
  • Birth parent representation
  • Independent adoptions
  • Agency adoptions
  • Stepparent, grandparent and other relative adoptions
  • Termination of parental rights
  • Adult Adoptions
• Corporate Law
• Estate Planning (including wills, trusts & tax planning)
• Estate Administration
• Probate
• Non-profit organization law