Michael S. Jennings
A founding member of our law firm, Michael Jennings has been practicing law since 1984. With knowledge and experience in both the adoption process and in estate and business planning and administration, he can help give you and your family peace of mind and will work hard for those you love. Michael and his wife Sandy have been married for over 35 years and have 4 children who are now grown and married, and have blessed Michael and Sandy with six grandchildren. Michael and Sandy are members of Woodland Park Baptist Church.
Education
- University of Georgia (BA, summa cum laude, 1981; JD, summa cum laude 1984)
- Academic Honors
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Order of the Coif
Memberships
- State Bar of Georgia
- Chattanooga Bar Association
- Vice-Chair of Adoption Section – Tennessee Bar Association
- Christian Legal Society
- Chattanooga Estate Planning Council
- Fellow, Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys
- Georgia Council of Adoption Lawyers
Featured Publications
- Tennessee Bar Association – Tennessee’s New Adoption Law (July 2018)
- Tennessee Bar Journal – A New Concept: Enforceable Post-adoption Contact Agreements Come to Tennessee
- Tennessee Bar Journal – Tennessee’s New Adoption Law
Practice Areas
- Adoption, throughout all of north Georgia and middle and east Tennessee, including:
- Birth parent representation
- Independent adoptions
- Agency adoptions
- Stepparent, grandparent and other relative adoptions
- Termination of parental rights
- Adult Adoptions
- Corporate Law
- Estate Planning (including wills, trusts & tax planning)
- Estate Administration
- Probate
- Non-profit organization law