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09/04/2020

When circumstances change which necessitate the need to reevaluate and modify prior support agreements, we are here to help. https://cstu.io/d6aeb2

09/02/2020

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08/31/2020

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07/07/2020

Skilled, Experienced, & Effective Family Law Attorney

The Poliard Law Firm, LLC is a boutique family & divorce law firm located in metro-Atlanta. We concentrate our practice exclusively in the areas of family and divorce law and serve clients throughout the Atlanta area. The attorneys at The Poliard Law Firm, LLC emphasize comprehensive, compassionate, and cutting-edge service, and offer expertise in professional trial advocacy, negotiation, guardianship, estate planning, mediation, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, child custody and support, spousal maintenance, property division, and modification and enforcement. https://cstu.io/6a925c

06/03/2019

Interesting article on the use of arbitration in settling family law matters. While the author discusses the advantages of using arbitration as a means of efficiently resolving disputes, there is no guarantee that the arbiter's decision will sufficiently resolve all of your outstanding family law issues. If you or a loved one need help to decide the best path to resolving a family law issues, contact The Poliard Law Firm today.

Laurie H. Pawlitza: Many see arbitration as a faster, more efficient way to resolve disputes, but there is reason to be cautious

04/23/2019

The 3 Keys to Successful Co-Parenting: Compromise, Civility, and Cooperation. If you are facing the challenge of co-parenting, let the attorneys at The Poliard Law Firm help you navigate the process. We understand what is most important and we can give you the tools you need to create a successful co-parenting plan. https://poliardlawfirm.com/

04/15/2019

You cannot always change your situation but you can change how you choose to deal with it. If you are facing the difficult decision of separating or divorcing your spouse, the attorneys at The Poliard Law Firm are here to help you navigate the process. Contact us today and let us help you walk through all of your options. https://poliardlawfirm.com/

03/04/2019

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02/27/2019

The Poliard Law Firm honors Wiley William Manuel (August 28, 1927–January 5, 1981), the first African American to serve on the California Supreme Court.

Wiley Manuel was born in Oakland, California on August 28, 1927. After graduating in 1945 from Berkeley High School he studied at the University of California, Berkeley. Then he attended Hastings College of Law and in 1953 received his LL.B. degree with Order of the Coif honors. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Hastings Law Journal.

Following law school, Manuel worked for 23 years in the California Attorney General's office, rising to chief assistant attorney general in the San Francisco office. In February 1976, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Manuel to the post of judge of the Alameda County Superior Court. On February 12, 1977, Governor Brown elevated Manuel to the California Supreme Court. On March 8, 1977, he was approved by the Judicial Qualifications Commission, he was sworn in March 24, 1977, and took his seat on April 5, 1977 as the first African American justice of the Supreme Court. Among his notable cases is the criminal prosecution against William and Emily Harris of the Symbionese Liberation Army on charges of kidnapping Patricia Hearst in 1974. In August 1977, Manuel wrote the 6 – 1 majority opinion that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the defendants' request for state-appointed counsel of their choosing. Manuel served for only four years before he died on January 5, 1981.

02/26/2019

The Poliard Law Firm honors John Stewart Rock (October 13, 1825 – December 3, 1866), lawyer, abolitionist, doctor, and first African-American admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.

John Stewart Rock was born on October 13, 1825, in Salem, New Jersey. By the age of 19, Rock began teaching in 1844 in a one-room school in Salem. Rock had an impressive work ethic, studying medicine as an apprentice under two white physicians. In 1848, Rock applied to medical school but faced rejection on the basis of his race. Rock then decided to transfer into the field of dentistry and, after an 1849 apprenticeship with a white dentist, Rock opened a dental practice in Philadelphia in January 1850. After finally gaining admittance to medical school, Rock graduated from American Medical College in Philadelphia in 1852, becoming one of the first African Americans to attain a degree in medicine. In 1853, Rock moved to Boston and set up his own practice in dentistry and medicine where many of his patients were ill fugitive slaves making their way through Boston on the Underground Railroad. Rock, a passionate abolitionist and civil rights leader became a renowned public speaker and campaigned for equal rights. Rock is credited with coining the phrase "black is beautiful."

Troubled by health-related problems, Rock applied for a United States passport to travel to Europe for his health but was refused because the United States Supreme Court had just declared in the Dred Scott case that a black man could not be a citizen of the United States. In 1860, Rock gave up his medical and dental practices and began to study law. In 1861, Rock passed the state bar exam and gained admittance to the Massachusetts Bar. He then opened a private law office and advocated diligently for the rights of African Americans. In 1862, he spoke at the Anti-Slavery Society in Boston, where he voiced his opposition to Lincoln’s plan for the so-called "negro colonization" in Haiti. On February 1, 1865, the day after Congress approved the Thirteenth Amendment ending slavery, Charles Sumner introduced a motion that made Rock the first black attorney to be admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. Rock became the first black to be received on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. On April 9, 1866, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed which enforced the 13th Amendment. Rock became ill with the common cold and died on December 3, 1866. https://poliardlawfirm.com/

02/25/2019

The Poliard Law Firm honors George Lewis Ruffin (December 16, 1834 – November 19, 1886), the first African-American to graduate from Harvard Law School.

George Lewis Ruffin was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1834. Ruffin's parents moved the family to Massachusetts in 1853 to protest Virginia’s ban on African Americans learning to read. His parents enrolled him at a public school in Boston. As a young man, Ruffin worked as a barber to support his family. He would read law books in his spare time and studied as an apprentice under the law partnership of Harvey Jewell and William Gaston. Ruffin married Josephine St. Pierre in 1858. She and George were active in the fight against slavery, and during the Civil War, they helped recruit black soldiers into the Massachusetts 54th and 55th regiments of the Union Army.

Ruffin started publishing articles in a law journal and was later admitted to Harvard Law School after saving enough money to enroll. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1869 with the distinction of being the first black graduate of a law school in the United States, Ruffin was one of the first African Americans to be admitted to the Massachusetts bar. In 1870, Ruffin was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He went on to served two terms on the Boston City Council. Ruffin was appointed by the Governor as a judge of the Municipal Court, Charlestown district. He was the first African American to hold a judgeship in New England.

Along with his civic duties, Ruffin served for twelve years as an officer of the 12th Baptist Church of Boston. George Lewis Ruffin died on November 19, 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts. In his honor, the George Lewis Ruffin Society was founded at Northeastern Univers ity in 1984 to support minorities studying in the Massachusetts criminal justice system. https://poliardlawfirm.com/