Atty. Jon W. Hedgepeth
Jon W. Hedgepeth has practiced family law almost exclusively for more than 30 years.
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Jon W. Hedgepeth is a Partner based in Atlanta, Georgia, practicing at Hedgepeth Heredia Family Law, LLC. They have 35+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1991. Their practice focuses on divorce, child custody, family law, and child support. Admitted to practice in Georgia (1991), U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (1991), and Supreme Court of Georgia (1992). Educated at Mercer University (J.D., 1991) and Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1987). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Serands clients in Atlanta, GA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Jon W. Hedgepeth has practiced family law almost exclusively for more than 30 years
- In addition to traditional family law, he is also a certified practitioner of collaborative law
- Jon is a member of the Georgia Bar Family Law Section and the Atlanta Bar Association Family Law Section
- He is also a past president of the Atlanta Bar Association Family Law Section
- Jon is recognized as one of Georgia Trend magazine’s “Legal Elite-Georgia’s Most Effective Lawyers,” consistently earns a “10-Superb” rating in Avvo.com, has been consistently listed as a Super Lawyer in Atlanta magazine (Top 100 for multiple years) and is named in Worth magazine as one of the Top 100 attorneys in the country, and he is included in “Best Lawyers" for 2021
- He is a Master in the Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inns of Court, a member of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, and 1000 Lawyers for Justice
- Jon frequently lectures for Continuing Legal Education family law seminars and is recognized as an authority on prenuptial agreements in Georgia in the Supreme Court decision in Dove v
- Dove, 285 Ga. 647 (2009)
- A native Atlantan, Jon earned his B.A. degree from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and his J.D. degree from Mercer University
- Early in his career, he founded Moran & Hedgepeth, a general practice law firm, and since has practiced in several exclusive family law firms in Atlanta
- He partnered with Hannibal Heredia to form Hedgepeth & Heredia, LLC in 2006, which became Hedgepeth Heredia LLC in 2018
- Jon is licensed to practice before State and Superior courts of Georgia, the Court of Appeals of Georgia, and the Supreme Court of Georgia
- He and his family are active members of Northside United Methodist Church
- He participates in the Pro Bono Project of the State Bar of Georgia and he co-founded Second Saturdays, a community service utilizing therapists, mediators and certified divorce financial planners open to women who want to learn more about the process of divorce
- His wife, Jane, is a practicing real estate attorney and they have two grown children
- Selected Honors and Positions Past-President, Atlanta Bar Association, Family Law Section Master, Charles Longstreet Weltner, Family Law Inn of Court AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Super Lawyer 2014 – 2023, Top 100, 2019 – 2021, Atlanta magazine Recognized by U.S
- News & World Report magazine’s Best Lawyers in Family Law and Collaborative Law 2021-2023 Selected as one of Worth magazine’s Top 100 Attorneys in the Nation for 2008-2009 2008, 2012 and 2013 Georgia Trend “Legal Elite, Georgia’s Most Effective Lawyers” Georgia Association of Trial Lawyers, 1997-2000 Rated “10″ on Avvo.com Lawyer’s Club of Atlanta 1000 Lawyers for Justice Certified Practitioner of Collaborative Law
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Why local counsel matters in Georgia
Practicing law in Georgia. Legal matters in Georgia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Atlanta are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Georgia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Georgia brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Georgia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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