Kessler & Solomiany Family Law Attorneys

Firm Phone:

(404) 688-8810

A nationally recognized expert on Divorce and Family Law, Randy Kessler has appeared on such television shows such as: The Today Show, Jane Velez-Mitchell, HLN, ESPN, “Outside the Lines”, Dr. Phil, Nancy Grace, Prime Time with Erica Hill, among others. He has authored the book, “Divorce: Protect Yourself, Your Kids, and Your Future”, and is Publisher/Editor, of “Next” Magazine.

Born in Gainesville, Florida, and raised in New Orleans, Mr. Kessler graduated from Brandeis University and received his J.D. from Emory Law School. He is the Founding Partner at Kessler & Solomiany, and has over 25 years experience in Domestic Relations and Family Law matters including divorce, child support, child custody, paternity, prenuptial agreements.

Randy Kessler lectures regularly at Continuing Legal Education Seminars. He also teaches trial techniques at Emory Law School’s Trial Techniques Program. For the past decade, he has taught a Family Law course, at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. Additionally, he has lectured for the American Bar Association, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Georgia Psychological Association, the Georgia Society of CPA’s and other organizations across the country as well as in Canada, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Mexico.

Mr. Kessler was elected to serve as the Chair of the Family Law Sections of both the American Bar Association and the Georgia Bar Association for 2011-2012. He has also served as 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.

Randy Kessler isn’t a fan of fighting it out in court: “That should be the last-case scenario,” he says. He is however, a firm believer in preparing for war in order to achieve peace! “If your adversary’s lawyer knows you’re afraid to go to court or don’t want to go to court, it’s a whole lot easier [for him or her] to push you around.” He has therefore structured his firm to make sure he has all the necessary resources at his disposal for making either war or peace—with several lawyers trained in mediation and several trained in litigation

Randy Kessler has represented celebrities, such as former Denver Broncos running back Travis Henry, New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards and NeNe Leakes of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. He’s represented the spouses of celebrities, such as the wife of R&B singer Usher. He’s gone after high profile athletes, performers and entertainers for child support, when it proved necessary. Those cases have put Mr. Kessler in the news, but the vast majority of cases litigated by his firm, Kessler & Solomiany, don’t involve celebrities. They are average hard working men and women who find themselves in very difficult situations, and need help.

One might attribute Mr. Kessler’s success to skill, resources and tenacity, but ultimately what it comes down to is an inherent affinity he harbors for family. The American Diabetes Association recently crowned Kessler “Father of the Year”. In his words, “There are thousands of good parents out there and I was just one that they happened to hear of,” Kessler has modestly said of this honor. It is quite evident to anyone who knows him however, that of all the titles and positions he holds, Husband and Father are the ones he considers to be the most important. Randy Kessler met his wife just after law school but they didn’t get married until they were both in their 40s. They are now devoted parents.

He sums up his commitment to Family and to the practice of Family Law in these words, “I have had a passion for family law ever since I started working in this field during my first summer in law school in 1986. Having practiced family law ever since, having Chaired the Family Law Sections of the Atlanta, Georgia & American Bar Associations, having written “Divorce: Protect Yourself…” and the “Georgia Library of Family Law Forms”, having taught Family Law at John Marshall Law School in Atlanta for over 10 years and having been fortunate to have been hired by some of the most well known and high profile people in the country as well as many who are not in the spotlight, I have learned a lot about family law and a lot about people. I am grateful to be able to work in an area where I can truly make a difference in people’s lives and I and my firm work hard to make that a positive difference.”

Randall M. Kessler
Founding Partner
Kessler & Solomiany
Centennial Tower, 101 Marietta Street, Suite 3500 Atlanta, GA 3030
https://www.ksfamilylaw.com/
404-688-8810
[email protected]

Family Law
• Divorce and Separate Maintenance Proceedings
• Child Custody, Visitation and Support
• Alimony and Spousal Maintenance
• Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements
• Grandparents and Third Party Custody/Visitation

Education
• B.A., Brandeis University
• J.D., Emory University School of Law
• 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 Positions:
Family Law Section, Atlanta Bar Association, Former Chair
Former Chair, Family Courts Committee, ABA Family Law Sect.
Former Chair, American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Subst. Abuse
Chair, Family Law Section, American Bar Association, 2011-2012
Chair, Family Law Section, State Bar of GA, 2011-2012
Member of Family Law Webinar Advisory Board for Strafford
Secretary, Family Law Section, State Bar of GA
Master in the Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inn of Court
Editor, Family Law Review, State Bar of Georgia
Judge, Pro Hac, Dekalb County Recorder’s Court, 2000-present
Faculty, Emory Law School, Trial Techniques Program
Faculty, John Marshall Law School, Family Law

Selected Articles and Presentations
Editor, NEXT Magazine
All Current Family Law Review 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

Honors & Awards:
Daily Report Top Lawyers on the Rise, 2002
Kessler rated 10 out of ten on AVVO
Selected as 2010 Super Lawyer Top 100
AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, October, 1995 to present
Atlanta Magazine Super Lawyer, 2008: Super Lawyer
Atlanta Magazine Super Lawyer, 2006 – Present Top 100 Super Lawyer
Georgia Trend Legal Elite 2003 – present

Television Appearances:
Jane Velez-Mitchell
ESPN Outside the Lines
Dr. Phil Show
Nancy Grace
CBS Channel 46
Greg Knapp
Headline News
WSB-TV Channel 2
The Today Show
CNN
The Couch WLNY – CBS
Don Lemon
Prime Time with Erica Hill
True TV
CBS Atlanta

Main Practice Area:

Family Law/Divorce

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