Andrea Dyer Hastings

Andrea “Andee” Dyer Hastings is a founding partner of Waggoner Hastings LLC, an Alpharetta, Georgia, law firm providing family law and divorce-related legal services throughout the metro Atlanta and North Georgia region. Andrea holds an *AV Preeminent rating for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability with Martindale Hubbell.  As an attorney, Andrea assists clients with a wide range of matters including divorce, domestic partnerships and dissolutions, child custody, visitation rights, child support, paternity and legitimation cases, contempt matters, domestic violence matters, prenuptial and post-marital agreements, post-divorce modifications, and more. She regularly lectures on family law issues and Collaborative Practice at continuing education events.  She has been a special guest lecturer on “Collaborative Divorce” at Georgia State University College of Law.  Andrea is also a guardian ad litem, trained to protect the interests of children involved in contested custody matters.  She is also trained and certified as a mediator to assist families in finding resolutions to their family law matters.  Andrea is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s School of Law in Athens, a certified collaborative law attorney as well. She is also an active member of the family law sections of the Atlanta Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia, the Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia, and the National Association of Professional Women.  Andrea actively mentors young law students seeking to enter the practice of law.  Andrea also volunteers her time mentoring high school, college and law school students competing in mock trial events and honing their skills as future lawyers and advocates.  Ms. Hastings and Waggoner Hastings, LLC were featured in the July 15, 2013 edition of Forbes Magazine’s- “Leaders in Law- Georgia”.

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

• 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, Juris Doctor, 1997

Waggoner Hastings LLP, Attorney/Partner, 2009-present

Warner, Mayoue, Bates & Nolen PC, Attorney/Partner, 2004 – 2009

Lawler, Tanner & Zitron, Associate, 2003 – 2004

Hawkins & Parnell, LLP, Associate, 2000 – 2003

Rockdale County District Attorney, Assistant District Attorney, 1997 – 2000

• Superlawyers, Rising Star, 2011-2012
• Top 100 Lawyers Award, The National Advocates, 2014
• Global Directory of Who’s Who Top Attorney 2016
• 10 Best in Client Satisfaction, American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, 2016
• 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
• Top 100 Lawyers Award, The National Advocates, 2015
• Nation’s Top One Percent Honor, National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2015
• Nation’s Top One Percent Honor, National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2016
• 10 Best in Client Satisfaction, American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, 2015
• 10 Best in Client Satisfaction, American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, 2014
• Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy of Family Law Attorneys, 2015
• Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy of Family Law Attorneys, 2016
• National League of Renowned Attorneys, 2016
• 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
• Golden Key National Honor Society
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Recipient, Cody E. Welborn Scholarship

• Judge, The National Mock Trial Competition, 2012
• Executive Committee Member, The National Advocates: Top 100, 2015
• Member, North Fulton Bar Association
• Member, International Association of Collaborative Professionals, 2009-present
• Trained Guardian ad Litem for Children in Contested Custody Cases, 2006 – Present
• Judge, Cobb County High School Mock Trial Competition
• Barrister, The Lamar American Inn of Court
• Judge, National High School Mock Trial Competition
• Judge, J. Melvin England Mock Trial Competition, 1998-2001
• Judge, The National Mock Trial Association, Atlanta Regional Mock Trial Competition, February 2014
• Judge, 2013 Regional Mock Trial Competition sponsored by the University of Georgia School of Law
• Member, Atlanta Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2003 – present
• Member, Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia, 2006-present
• Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court
• National Association of Professional Women
• Member, State Bar of Georgia, Family Law Section