News & Seminars
Victoria Conkel Turney Awarded the USMCCCA’s Donald L. Dickson Award
No one except SM&P’s client relations director Victoria Conkel Turney was astonished when she was named the recipient of the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association’s highly prestigious Donald L. Dickson award at the 2019 COMMSTRAT (Communications Strategy and Operations) Training & Leadership Development Summit’s annual awards banquet in Atlanta last month. (COMMSTRAT is […]
SM&P Supports the Veterans’ Court
“Giving back is essential to the well-being of a successful law firm, or any business,” said Mary Montgomery, SM&P founding and managing partner. “Our philosophy is well-served by providing personnel support to the Cobb County Veterans Accountability and Treatment Court (VTC). These veterans have offered up so much.
The “Best Interest of the Child” and Surname Changes
In February, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued an important decision for parents who are in disagreement over their child’s surname. Addressing an issue that had not previously come before the Court, the Justices unanimously concurred that when a court establishes a child’s paternity, that same court also has the authority to determine the child’s […]
GA Supreme Court Vacates Divorce Due to Inadequate Settlement Terms
A recent case from the Supreme Court of Georgia highlights how critically important it is for divorcing spouses to address all of the necessary terms and follow all required procedures when seeking to finalize their divorce. In the case of Rasheed v. Sarwat, 797 S.E.2d 454 (2017), the Court vacated a divorce decree nearly a […]
