Hastings Shadmehry Family Law

Attorney Andrea Dyer Hastings

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 1997
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 2001
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2002
• Georgia Court of Appeals, 1998
• Georgia Supreme Court, 2005

Education:

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  • B.A., with highest distinction, in International Studies, Dean’s List, Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key National Honor Society, 1994
• University of Georgia School of Law
  • Juris Doctor, 1997

Professional Associations and Achievements:

• Top 100 Lawyers Award, The National Advocates, 2014
• 10 Best in Client Satisfaction, American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, 2016
• 10 Best in Client Satisfaction, American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, 2015
• Top 100 Family Lawyer- State of Georgia, The American Society of Legal Advocates, 2016
• Top 100 Family Lawyer- State of Georgia, The American Society of Legal Advocates, 2015
• Nation’s Top One Percent Honor, National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2017
• Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy of Family Law Attorneys, 2016
• Nation’s Top One Percent Honor, National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2016
• Top One Percent, National League of Renowned Attorneys, 2016
• Georgia Trend Legal Elite, 2016
• 10 Best Female Attorneys, American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, 2016-2017
• Global Directory of Who’s Who Top Attorney 2016
• Top 100 Lawyers Award, The National Advocates, 2015
• Nation’s Top One Percent Honor, National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2015
• 10 Best in Client Satisfaction, American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, 2014
• Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy of Family Law Attorneys, 2015
• The Order of Barristers, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
• Georgia Rising Stars, 2011
• Georgia Rising Stars, 2012
• Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy of Family Law Attorneys, 2014
• Bachelor of Arts in International Studies/Russian, with highest distinction, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Golden Key National Honor Society
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Recipient, Cody E. Welborn Scholarship
• Delta Phi Epsilon

Attorney Mali C. Shadmehry

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2015
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 2016
• Georgia Court of Appeals, 2016
• Georgia Supreme Court, 2016

Education:

• Kennesaw State University, Bachelor of Science, 2011
• Emory University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2015

Professional Associations and Achievements:

• Member, BNI BAG Chapter (since 2016)
• Panelist: Divorce Bootcamp for Women – 2017 – present
• Panelist: Georgia Association of Professional Private Investigators, Inc.
• Business Network International – Vice President 2018 – present
• Vice President, Forsyth County Bar Association (current)
• Super Lawyers, Rising Star

Attorney Lisa Malas

Bar Admission:

• Georgia, 2000

Education:

• John Marshall Law School
  • Juris Doctor, with Honors
• Kennesaw State University
  • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Cum Laude

Professional Associations and Achievements:

• Appointed by the Supreme Court of Georgia as a Mentor for the Transition into Law Practice Program of the State Bar of Georgia

Attorney Elizabeth Findley

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2016

Education:

• The University of Georgia – 2014
• Mercer Law School – 2019

Attorney Cathy Cooper

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 1994
• Louisiana

Education:

• Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992
  
  • J.D.
  • Law Review: Tulane Maritime Law Review, Managing Editor
• University of Pennsylvania
  
  • B.A. with honors

Professional Associations and Achievements:

• Atlanta Bar Association
• Cobb County Bar Association
• Georgia Bar Association - Family Law Section
• Federal Bar Association in Atlanta

Attorney Lily Lutton

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2018

Education:

• Mercer University – Walter F. George School of Law
  • Doctor of Law
  • Cum Laude
• Georgia College and State University
  • Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice

Professional Associations and Achievements:

• Atlanta Family Law Rising Star, 2025

Attorney Nicole Crites

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2020

Education:

• University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 2018
  
  • Doctor of Law
  • Honors: Participated in the Prosecution Clinic
  • Honors: Worked in the Domestic Violence Unit of the State Attorney's Office in the Eighth Judicial Circuit
• University of Florida, 2011
  
  • Bachelor of Arts

Professional Associations and Achievements:

• 2025-2026: Super Lawyers Rising Star

Attorney Madison Alexander

Education:

• Mercer Law School, Macon, Georgia
  • Juris Doctor
• University of Georgia
  • Majors: Sociology and Women’s Studies

Professional Associations and Achievements:

• Georgia Rising Stars, 2025
• The Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia
• Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
• Association of Women Law Students
• Mercer Trial Lawyers Association
• William A. Bootle Inn of Court
• Middle Georgia Access to Justice Council
• Oxford University Human Rights Scholar
• Oxford Consortium for Human Rights
• Equal Access to Justice Scholar
• Former Clerk for the Honorable Phillip T. Raymond III, Bibb County Superior Court

Attorney Kayla Magee

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2024

Education:

• Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, 2023
• Kennesaw State University, 2019
  • Bachelor’s of Political Science and Government

Attorney Sarah Price

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2023

Education:

• Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, 2022
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Student Trial Lawyers Association
• Auburn University, 2019
  
  • B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  • Major: History
  • Major: Political Science