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SM&P senior associate attorney Judy Sartain was the guest speaker at a recent virtual Private Sector Panel hosted by the Family Law Society at the University of Georgia School of Law. She offered insight into the practice of family law, adoption in particular, that they often don’t find in textbooks. Approximately 20 law students attended. […]

For the past 19 years, Georgia Trend magazine has asked the state’s attorneys to decide who among them are the best in their fields and therefore worthy of being named Georgia Legal Elites. Statewide, only one in 20 attorneys earns this distinction. This year, Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor’s Judy Sartain and Anne Thompson De Magana were […]

It’s football season! ‘Que & Brew attendees kicked it off with a day of food, team spirit, and fun during the ultimate tailgate party at Taylor-Brawner Hall in Smyrna, October 23. Victoria Turney, SM&P’s client relations director, said, “It was a wonderful success, probably because the party had something for everyone.” Eight nationally-ranked BBQ teams […]

Written by Judy Sartain, Senior Associate Attorney Adoption stirs up many images in people’s minds, such as the old-fashioned orphanage where children were placed and prospective adoptive parents came to visit and “choose” their child. That scene was most recently depicted in the movie Stuart Little. That is not the case here in the US, […]