Dennis G. Collard
Associate
Education
B.S., with honors, Florida State University
J.D., with honors, Florida State University College of Law
Bar Admission
State Bar of Georgia
State Bar of Florida
Georgia Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Selected Honors
Former Partner, Warner, Mayoue, Bates & Nolen, P.C .
Member, Florida State University Law Review
Phi Delta Phi Honor Fraternity
Book Award, Mediation
Who's Who Among American Law Students
Certification
Certified Collaborative Law Attorney, Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Selected Articles and Opinions
Co-counsel for Appellee, In the Interest of J.E.T. et al., Court of Appeals of Georgia, No. A04A1869, September 13, 2004 (regarding jurisdictional issues governing child custody disputes improperly brought before the juvenile court).
John C. Mayoue and Dennis G. Collard, Third Party Blame - Novel and Expanding Claims, The Family Advocate, Spring 2005, Vol. 27, No. 4, Litigating Domestic Torts
Instruction
Presenter; “Family Law from A-Z” continuing legal education course, National Business Institute
Summary
Dennis G. Collard grew up in Pensacola, Florida. He received his undergraduate degree, with honors, from Florida State University, then served as a police officer for four years before entering the Florida State University College of Law. In law school, Mr. Collard was a member of the Florida State University Law Review, a teaching assistant in the trial practice program, an intern in the Office of the Governor of Florida, and a certified legal intern, which allowed him to represent the State in criminal prosecutions during his third year. Mr. Collard also studied law at Oxford University during his first summer of law school.
After receiving his J.D., with honors, Mr. Collard practiced in the commercial real estate group of the Atlanta office of Holland & Knight, LLP, before joining Warner, Mayoue, Bates & Nolen, P.C. in Atlanta, where he exclusively practiced in the area of complex domestic relations cases involving prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, divorce, child custody and support, alimony, legitimation, paternity and post-judgment issues. Mr. Collard joined Kessler, Schwarz & Solomiany, P.C. in 2007, where he continues to practice exclusively in the area of domestic relations.
Mr. Collard has litigated cases in courts throughout the metropolitan Atlanta area and in numerous other counties in Georgia, and has represented clients in matters before the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Georgia. Mr. Collard is also a member of the Florida Bar and a certified Collaborative Law attorney.
Mr. Collard makes his home in midtown Atlanta where he enjoys spending time with his partner, Michael Spillers, a marketing manager at IBM, and their dachshunds, Dillon and Tex, who think they are bigger than any other dogs in Piedmont Park.
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Contact:
dcollard@kssfamilylaw.com
404.688.4959 - phone
404.681.2205 - facsimile
Contact by email does not create an attorney-client relationship.
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