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Randall M. Kessler
Founding Partner

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Education
J.D., Emory University School of Law
B.A., Brandeis University

Bar Admissions
State Bar of Georgia
Georgia Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Georgia
United States Federal Court, Northern District of Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States

Selected Honors
Georgia Trend Legal Elite (2008)
AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, October, 1995 to present
Atlanta Magazine Super Lawyer, 2008: Super Lawyer
Atlanta Magazine Super Lawyer, 2006: Top 100 Super Lawyer
Daily Report Top Lawyers on the Rise, 2002
Georgia Trend Legal Elite, 2003-present

Selected Positions
Former Chair, Amer. Bar Assoc., Standing Committee on Subst. Abuse (Message from the Chair)
Former Chair, Family Courts Committee, ABA Fam. Law Sect.
Secretary, Family Law Section, American Bar Association
Executive Committee, Family Law Division, State Bar of GA
Editor, Family Law Review, State Bar of Georgia
Judge, Pro Hac, Dekalb County Recorder's Court, 2000-present (Photos: Kessler Swearing In)
Former Chair, Family Law Section, Atlanta Bar Assoc.
Associate Editor, The Family Lawyer
Faculty, Emory Law School, Trial Techniques Program
Faculty, John Marshall Law School, Family Law

Selected Articles
"Georgia's Child Support Guidelines", Georgia Bar Journal, December 2006

"Legislative Update - Family Law", Presented to the Justices, Judges and Staff Attorneys of the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Georgia Court of Appeals, Fall 2005

"Representing "High Profile Clients" in Family Law Cases", American Journal of Family Law, Fall 2004

Summary
Born in Gainesville, Florida, raised in New Orleans and having attended college at Brandeis University near Boston, MA, Randall M. Kessler came to Georgia in 1985 to attend Emory Law School. He has over 20 years of experience in Domestic Relations and Family Law matters including divorce, custody, paternity, prenuptial agreements and child support. Mr. Kessler teaches trial techniques at Emory Law School's Trial Techniques Program and he teaches a course in Family Law at John Marshall Law School. He has lectured for the ABA and others in AL, CA, DC, FL, GA, HW, LA, MD, NV, NY, P.R., SC, TN, TX, WA, and other countries including Canada, Costa Rica & Mexico. Mr. Kessler is the Editor of the Family Law Review for the State Bar of Georgia and is the former Chair of the Family Courts Committee of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association. He serves on the Executive Committees of the Family Law Sections of the American Bar Association and the Georgia Bar Association.

Mr. Kessler founded the firm in 1991. He is proficient in both Spanish and Hebrew.