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Candace M. Williams 
Gainesville, Georgia
phone (770) 534-3770
fax (770) 534-1441
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Candace M. Williams is a law firm partner and attorney at Coleman & Chambers, LLP in the practice of family law.  Ms. Williams is skilled in providing representation to our clients in all areas of the firm's family law practice such as: divorces (contested and uncontested), child custody, visitation, and child support; alimony and spousal support; modification of child support, custody, visitation, and alimony; legitimation and paternity actions; post divorce issues; domestic violence, temporary protective orders/restraining orders; adoptions; grandparent and third party custody/visitation; appeals; pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, interstate child support and custody matters involving the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.

Ms. Williams, as an attorney, is involved in all aspects of the court process from discovery, depositions, temporary hearings, emergency hearings, hearings on temporary protective orders to final hearings.  As a divorce attorney, Candace often assists clients with simple estate planning such as drafting Last Will and Testaments, Living Wills, Durable Healthcare Power of Attorney, Financial Power of Attorney. Ms. Willaims is committed to providing her clients with they need in dealing with separation of family members. Family law is extremely sensitive and Ms Williams utilizes mediation and negotiation whenever possible, but aggressively represents her clients when litigation is necessary. 

As a lawyer in family law, Ms. Williams handles a large variety of cases throughout Northeast Georgia, including Hall County (Gainesville, Clermont, Gillsville, Oakwood, Flowery Branch, Chestnut Mountain, Murrayville), White County (Cleveland, Helen) Habersham County (Cornelia, Demorest, Clarkesville, Baldwin), Stephens County (Toccoa), Rabun County (Clayton, Dillard), Lumpkin County (Dahlonega), Union County (Blairsville), Jackson County (Jefferson, Braselton, Maysville, Hoschton), Gwinnett County (Lawrenceville, Buford, Sugar Hill, Suwanee, Dacula), Forsyth County (Cumming), Dawson County (Dawsonville), Towns County (Hiawassee), Barrow County (Auburn, Bethlehem), Cherokee County (Canton), Cobb County, and Fulton County.  Candace works alongside senior attorney and founding partner Bob Coleman who also manages our family law department.

Candace M. Williams was born and raised in Gainesville, Georgia.  She received her undergraduate degree from Brenau Women's College, cum laude in 1997, and her law degree from Mississippi College School of Law, with distinction in 2002.  While in law school, Ms. Williams was an active member of the Moot Court Board, Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (student division), Phi Delta Phi, and the Legal Eye student publication.  She was the overall winner of the prestigious Taylor, Cook, and Bush Moot Court Board Competition in 2002, and a Semifinalist in the American Bar Association Moot Court Competition in early 2003.  Ms. Williams presented oral arguments to the Mississippi Supreme Court and the Texas Supreme Court. Ms. Williams joined Coleman & Chambers, LLP as associate attorney/lawyer in 2003. 

Ms. Williams is a member of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, and served as President of the Young Lawyers Division of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit.  When Ms. Williams is not serving her clients as their lawyer, she is active in our local community and often volunteers for charitable groups such as Habitat for Humanity, Gateway House, and her local church.

Ms. Williams is married to John Carlton Williams and they have one child.

Areas of Practice:
Family Law (Divorce, Child Custody, Child Support)
Estate Planning & Probate (Wills, Trusts)
Civil Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Georgia, 2003
Supreme Court of Georgia, 2003
Georgia Court of Appeals, 2003
U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2003
Education:
Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, 2002
J.D.
Honors: Top 20%


Brenau Women's College, Gainesville, Georgia, USA, 1997
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major:  Political Science
Major:  History


Honors and Awards:
American Bar Association National Moot Court Competition Semifinalist "The Applicability of Arbitration", 2003


Overall Winner of the Moot Court, Taylor, Cook, and Bush Moot Court Board Competition, Fall Semester, 2002


Outstanding Graduate in Political Science and History, Brenau Women's College, 1997


Outstanding Graduate Achievement in Appellate Advocacy, Mississippi College School of Law, December, 2002


Who's Who Among American Law Students, 2002


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Georgia State Bar


American Bar Association


Gainesville Bar Association (Northeastern Judicial Circuit)


Young Lawyers, Northeastern Judicial Circuit
President


Past Employment Positions:
Congressman Nathan Deal, Summer Intern, 1996


Congressman Bob Barr (R-GA), Senior Legislative Assistant: Veteran's Affairs, Commercial Banking, Environmental and Transportation Committee Assignments, Washington D.C., 1997 - 1999


Center for Individual Freedom, Washington, D.C., Lobbyist, 1999 - 2000


Hearn and Thomas, P.A., Legal Clerk, 2002 - 2003


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