Year started practice: 1980
Years of experience: 30
Date joined SWB: 2008
Law School: Mercer University, J.D. 1980
Graduate School: University of Georgia, M.B.A. 1979
Undergraduate: Georgia College & State University, B.B.A. 1977
TINA GWEN STANFORD was born in Carrollton, Georgia and lived in Carrollton until 1969. In 1969 Ms. Stanford moved to Milledgeville, Georgia. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in business management with honors from Georgia College & State University. She then attended the University of Georgia, where she graduated with a Masters Degree in business management. After attending law school at both the University of Georgia and Mercer University, she obtained her law degree with honors from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law.
Following law school, Ms. Stanford served as Law Clerk for the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit and then opened her own law firm as a general practitioner. While handling many types of cases, Ms. Stanford held part-time judgeships and served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the collection of child support. Her primary focus was on family law.
In 1998 Ms. Stanford began working for Georgia Legal Services Program and then for Atlanta Legal Aid Society, specializing in family law involving family violence. In 2001 she re-entered the private practice of law, maintaining an active litigation practice devoted to family law, personal injury, probate, criminal and general civil cases.
Ms. Stanford has been a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society since attending college and has been a member of numerous community service and professional organizations. She was the first President of the Columbus Association of Women Lawyers and served as President of the Board of the Association on Battered Women of Clayton County, Georgia. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, Henry County Bar Association, Clayton County Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association and the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers.
Ms. Stanford lives in Hampton, Georgia with her twin sons, Joseph Stanford and William Stanford, and her mother, Gwendolyn Stanford. The family are members of Morrow Presbyterian Church.
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