Meriwether & Tharp, LLC

You might be feeling sad, scared, or even angry. Our emotions are a powerful thing and they can push us to make decisions that can have a negative effect on your life. There's a big difference between blind aggression and professional advocacy. In the heat of the moment, our heightened emotions tell us that we want an aggressive bulldog approach, but what we really need is an advocate that's focused on accomplishing our goals and bringing our case to a quick resolution. Unnecessary fighting costs more, drags the case out, and puts the ultimate outcome of your case in the hands of a judge or jury that just met you a few hours ago. We work tirelessly to resolve your case and put decision-making power back in your hands. Divorce and family law cases have a lot of moving parts. It's easy to get confused. You might be wondering, "what's the first step? Or what do I do next?" We guide our clients through the storm of divorce by educating them on the divorce process and arming them with numerous educational materials. We supplement that education with the use of in-house tools and resources that help us eliminate the confusion and meet the goals you set for your case. It's common to feel alone during this process. But remember - you don't have to do this alone. We have a team ready to help you now. Our size and our team-based approach mean that you can count on us to have the right people for your case. Our dedicated Customer Service Team listens carefully to your case details and works to match you with the best divorce lawyer and legal team for your case. Our team approach uses combined years of experience to work for you and save you time and money. We optimize the handling of your case in the most legally and economically efficient manner. No more waiting for your solo lawyer to make time for you or get around to your case - members of your Meriwether & Tharp legal team are available to help. Under this plan, that traditionally has been used the most for outlining custody, the primary custodian (A) would have most of the parenting time with the minor child(ren). The secondary custodian (B) would have parenting time from Friday after school (or starting at 6 p.m.) until Sunday at 6pm (or Monday morning at school) every other weekend and dinner(s)/overnight visitation during the off week. The choice between pickups and drop-offs at school v. at 6 pm varies based upon the needs of the parties in each case with a preference towards drop offs at school to avoid conflict that may be caused by an in- person exchange. Similar to the traditional visitation plans, this format has an every other weekend approach. The extra day allows for the noncustodial parent (B) to have extended visitation with the child(ren). As in the traditional example, pickups and dropoffs can occur either at school or at a designated time. This hybrid of joint visitation and traditional visitation has been growing in popularity over recent years. This plan is a relatively new version of the weekly exchange schedule and provides for a similar 50/50 joint custody arrangement. This plan, however, breaks the monotony of the weekly exchange schedule and provides its own level of certainty for the child(ren) involved. Since each parent has two designated nights for visitation during the week, it allows a parent to schedule day care and extracurricular activites on a consistent basis that was generally prevented under the week on/week off type of schedule. Additional, this plan provides each parent with alternating full weekends with the child. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers within their particular practice area. Lawyers who are selected have typically attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The Super Lawyers and Rising Stars selection process is a patented process that includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. At Meriwether & Tharp, our divorce lawyers constantly strive to help our clients through difficult times while providing the highest level of legal service. These efforts rarely go unnoticed. We are proud to announce 14 attorneys selected to Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2024. In fact, it's our 6th year in a row of getting over 10 of our divorce lawyers selected to Super Lawyers and/or Rising Stars.

Asim Alam
1 Star
Avoid this firm. I retained them for three years and it was nothing but performing the bare minimum yet running up a massive bill. There was a revolving door of associate attorneys and staff, none of whom seemed particularly interested in doing their job. I only discovered how poor their legal service was when I switched law firms. My new lawyer was unsurprised and told me they have a horrendous reputation among the legal community.
Wednesday 12th June 2024

Ivy Marguerite
1 Star
Meriwhether and Tharp promised me a backbone against a rough divorce and instead had me sacrifice everything instead. They have created utter chaos in my life and do not care, actually told me they do not care. They are inadequate and cannot do there job in any capacity to protect there client, they only care about billing. They do not disclose in there contract that they will put a lien on your house if you do not pay and do it without notifying you of anything or even care if they make it right.
Friday 16th February 2024

The Food Blogger
1 Star
BEWARE PLEASE READ 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 THIS LAW FIRM WILL RUN UP A MASSIVE BILL WITHOUT ACTUALLY PERFORMING ANY WORK WITH THE COURTS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!! MY ATTORNEY WAS LAUREN! THIS LAW FIRM WILL CHARGE YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERY FORM OF COMMUNICATION. YOU CAN NOT EVEN EMAIL YOUR ATTORNEY WITHOUT BEING CHARGE FOR EVERY TIME SHE RESPONDS. YOU CAN NOT CALL YOUR ATTORNEY WITHOUT BEING CHARGED FOR EVERY CALL. I RECIEVED COUNTLESS REPEATED EMAILS ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS OVER AMD OVER FROM LAUREN ONLY TO BE CHARGED ALMOST 900.00 JUST FOR EMAILS. EVERY FORM OF COMMUNICATION YOUR ATTORNEY HAS WITH ANYONE FOR YOUR CASE YOU WILL BE CHARGED. I ASKED FOR A SIMPLE DOCUMENT TO BE CREATED TO FILE AND WAS CHARGED 7,000.00 ONLY FOR THE DOCUMENT NEVER TO BE FILED WITH THE COURTS. I WAS THEN TOLD AFTER PAYING A 2500.00 RETAINER THAT I NEEDED TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL 4,000.00 FOR THE DOCUMENT TO BE CREATED THEN ANOTHER 2,000.00 TO FILE THE DOCUMENT IN COURT. I SPOKE TO 2 OTHER LAW FIRMS WHO ADVISED ME THAT I WAS BEING RIPPED OFF BY THIS LAW FIRM. THEY WERE SHOCKED WHEN I TOLD THEM THIS LAW FIRM IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL 4,000.00 FROM.ME.AND NO PAPERS HAVE BEEN FILED IN COURT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Monday 22nd July 2024

Victoria Smith
5 Star
After interviewing and /or hiring or firing 4 lawyers I was discouraged I'd ever get my divorce finalized. My journey started 3 years ago. From my initial conversation with Charlotte I felt optimism. Not only did she & her team deliver everything they promised it was done respectfully, politely, thoroughly & with sensitivity. Her pricing is fair. They research every possibility. They were encouraging & upbeat along the way. It helped. I would vote Meriwether & Thorpe's Charlotte Ruble team undisputed best divorce layers in Atlanta
Tuesday 22nd June 2021

Jennifer Holder
5 Star
Charlotte handled my case almost 7 years ago and did a fabulous job then. Since then, I’ve had the need to contact her several times in relation to my original case and she was just as responsive in follow up communications. I trust her judgment impeccably and have had no reservation whatsoever in giving her name to anyone I know in need of a fabulous attorney.
Thursday 13th January 2022