Areas of Practice
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Child Support Modification
- Alimony
- Child Custody Modification
- Contempt Actions
- Step-Parent Adoptions
- Name Change
- Paternity
- Legitimization
- Divorce
Personal Attention
Because the firm is small, Ms. Geiger will be hands-on with virtually every aspect of your case. Your case will not be passed from partner to associate to paralegal to secretary and back again with every step along the way being added to your bill. Ms. Geiger works closely with her clients in order to provide efficient and economical legal services by discussing with clients a cost benefit analysis of various legal strategies as well as by acting as an agent of reality when a client suggests that he or she wants justice at any cost. Ms. Geiger will point out that that cost could put your kids through college or all of the lawyers' kids through college.
Ms. Geiger meets with all potential new clients in a face to face meeting called an initial consultation. In this meeting, Ms. Geiger and the potential client will first get to know each other to see if they are a good fit for one another. Ms. Geiger will learn more about the details of your situation as well as your immediate and long-term goals. Ms. Geiger will also provide you with a basic foundation of Georgia law as it applies to your case as well as a rough procedural timetable. At the end of the initial consultation and based upon the information shared in that meeting, Ms. Geiger will quote to you an initial retainer. This is Ms. Geiger's estimate as to what your case will cost. Ms. Geiger will officially become your attorney once you have signed the firm's contract and have paid the initial retainer.
Sometimes potential clients are unsure if they want or need a divorce but are concerned that his or her marriage may be headed in that direction. However, this person may not have all of the information that he or she needs in order to make the decision as to what to do. An initial consultation would be appropriate in this instance for educational purposes. Ms. Geiger has often stated, ‘I am not in the business of selling divorces. Although, in this line of work, counselor is a hat that I often wear, I am not a formally trained mental health professional, and therefore, not equipped to help a person make such an important decision. I can recommend several counselors.
However, once you have made the decision to go forward with divorce (or your spouse has made that decision and has served you with papers), Ms. Geiger is fully prepared and able to help you in resolving your case whether it's by negotiation, mediation, litigation, or a combination thereof.