Tina Shadix Roddenbery Shareholder
Tina Shadix Roddenbery brings more than 30 years of family law experience, including divorce, custody, support modification, legitimation, paternity and contempt, and is one of only a handful of National Board of Trial Advocacy board certified family law attorneys in the state of Georgia. The firm’s name has changed to Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle & Roddenbery to reflect her leadership.
Well-respected by her peers, Tina received the 2015 Joseph T. Tuggle Award from the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia for exemplary professionalism. Within the State Bar of Georgia, she served as 2009-2010 Chair of the Family Law Section, has sat on the State Bar Board of Governors since 1995, and is a past president of the Younger Lawyers Division. Tina is a master in the Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law American Inn of Court. Most recently, she was accepted as an International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) Fellow.
Tina is one of only 32 fellows and is president of the Georgia chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She has served as president of the board of directors for the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation and on the advisory board of Atlanta Legal Aid Society. Previously, Tina served on the board of trustees of the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education (ICJE) for a six-year tenure.
She has been interviewed by CNN and other broadcast, internet and print media regarding family law issues. In addition to trial experience, she has extensive expertise in resolving cases by mediation and settlement, having mediated hundreds of cases on behalf of clients. She is also a fully-trained mediator and late-case evaluator.
Active in the community, Tina currently serves on Trinity School’s board of trustees.
Education
- ABJ The University of Georgia, cum laude
- JD The University of Georgia
Organizations
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) – Board of Governors, 2020-2021
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers – Co-Chair, Annual Meeting’s Continuing Legal Education Program
- State Bar of Georgia – 2009-2010 Chair of the Family Law Section, State Bar Board of Governors since 1995, and Younger Lawyers Division, Past President
- Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers – Vice President and Fellow
- National Board of Trial Advocacy – Board Certified in Family Law
- Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inn of Court – Master
- International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) – Fellow
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation – Past President of the Board of Directors
- Atlanta Legal Aid Society – Past Member of Advisory Board
- Institute of Continuing Judicial Education (ICJE) – Board of Trustees, Executive Committee
- Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency – Past Chair
- Atlanta Bar Association Family Law Section
- Old War Horse Lawyers Club
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta – Member
- Trinity School – Board of Trustees
- Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers – President
Admissions
- Georgia
Honors
- Listed, 2023 Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite
- Listed, 2022 Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite
- Listed, 2022 Super Lawyers’ Elite Top 10, Georgia Lawyers
- Listed, 2022 Family Law Trailblazer, National Law Journal
- Listed, 2021 National Fellow of the Year, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)
- 2020 Ross Adams Award from the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia
- Listed, Lawdragon, 500 Family Lawyers Guide
- Listed Best Lawyers in America, 2011 to present
- Georgia Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite as selected by fellow lawyers, 2003 to present
- Georgia Super Lawyers, 2006 to present
- Atlanta Magazine’s Top 50 Women Attorneys in the State Bar of Georgia, 2009 to present
- Listed Lawyer of the Year 2018, Family Law, Best Lawyers of America
- 2015 Joseph T. Tuggle Award from the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia for exemplary professionalism
- 2011 Ross Adams Award from the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia
- Lawyers Foundation of Georgia – Life Fellow
- Martindale Hubble AV Preeminent Rating since 1997
Publications
- “Ethical Considerations in Complex and High-Asset Divorce Cases,” Family Lawyer Magazine, 2019
Presentations and Speaking Engagements
- Divorce Law Primer with Lawyers Ivory T. Brown and Tina Roddenbery, Law Talk Podcast, Nov. 2019
- Custody Law Primer with Tina Roddenbery and Ivory T. Brown, Law Talk Podcast, December 2019
- Attorney’s Fees: Statutes and Collection Tips, Family Law Institute, May 2018
- Decision Making in Divorce: Active v. Passive Clients, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Dec. 2017
- Trusts in Your Divorce case, Family Law Section Family Law Institute, May 2017
- AAML Decision Making in Divorce – Active v. Passive Clients, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, March 2017
- Litigating Highly Contentious Cases, Litigation from Soup to Nuts, YLD Litigation Committee CLE, April 2016
- Privacy Interests in Family Law: How to Effectively Advise Clients Regarding Electronic Communications, Video Surveillance and Audio Recordings, Contemporary and Complicated Divorce Issues, ICLE, February 2016
- Mock Direct and Cross of Financial Expert Witness: Financial Topics in Family Law, Atlanta Bar Association, January 2015
- International Issues in Georgia Family Law cases: Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, seminar for the Superior Court Judges, January 2015
- Deposition Do’s and Don’ts: The YLD Family Law Committee Presents: Tips and Tactics for the Family Law Associate, Aug. 2014
- International Issues in your Georgia Divorce: Family Law Section Family Law Institute, May 2014
- Discovery-Tips on How to Get What you Need, Webinar for the State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section, May 2014
- Ethical Considerations in Complex and High Asset Divorce Cases: 1st Annual Complex and High Asset Divorce, 2014
- Child Support Guidelines: Everything You Wanted to Know but were Afraid to Ask: Family Law Section, Nuts and Bolts Seminar, 2013
Video Resources