Alabama Family and Divorce Lawyers

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2304 Memorial Pkwy SW, Huntsville, AL 35801, USA

Ms. Alexander grew up in Florence, Alabama. After high school graduation, she attended Bennett College in Greensboro, NC where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science. While at Bennett College, Ms. Alexander served as President of the Political Science Club, Vice President of the Student Government Association, and Resident Assistant. She was also a member of Pi Gamma Mu and Bennet Scholars Honor Societies. Ms. Alexander attended the University of Alabama School of Law where she served as Vice President of Public Interest Law Society and Editor of the law school newspaper. Ms. Alexander graduated from Alabama School of Law – Class of 2000. Ms. Alexander has had specialized training in Domestic Violence matters and Dispute Resolution. She is registered as a mediator on the Alabama State Court Mediator Roster for the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution.

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She hails from St. Petersburg, Florida, where she continued on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University in 1975. She is a 1978 graduate of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, in Birmingham, Alabama. Mrs. Gathings has been involved in complex litigation, including business tort litigation, toxic, environmental, and pharmaceutical tort litigation, serious personal injury, consumer class actions, products liability, fraud, and international law. She is a member of the Alabama Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association and the Birmingham Bar Association. Mrs. Gathings has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, various United States District Courts in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, as well as both the Alabama and Florida Supreme Courts. Mrs. Gathings has actively been a board member of The American Journal of Trial Advocacy Foundation. In addition, she plays an important role in mentor programs for Cumberland School of Law. She is a mentor for freshman law students, Women in Law and The American Journal of Trial Advocacy. Mrs. Gathings hosts several events throughout the year for law students helping to educate and influence young women law students in Alabama.

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811 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA

Mrs. Rose is a highly respected member of the legal community who has been rated “top family law attorney” in Birmingham magazine by her peers, among other awards. She is the daughter of a respected solo practice attorney, Warren Freeman of Delta Alabama. She spent over a decade assisting her father in his practice and watching him in the courtroom, dreaming of one day protecting people’s rights as her father has done for so many years. Today, with nearly two decades of experience in the legal system, Jennifer Rose is living that dream and continuing her family’s goal of protecting others legal rights with her practice. In the courtroom and in negotiations she aggressively fights to make sure you get the justice you deserve. She is well known for being a creative, tough, and skilled negotiator and trial attorney and she will protect your legal rights and make sure that you get the best outcome possible for your case whether it is in the matters of Alabama divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, family law, paternity, adoption, or divorce modifications.

Family and Divorce Law

7001 Potsdam Court, Montgomery, AL 36117

Attorney Jon Morris started the Morris Law Firm to fight for men. We help fathers fight for their right to be in their children’s lives. Call us today to find out how we can fight for you.

Family and Divorce Law

8314 Crossland Loop, Montgomery, AL 36117, USA

After attending the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama in Birmingham and graduating with a Bachelor of Science from Auburn University in Montgomery, Judy graduated magna cum laude from the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in 1992 and received her Juris Doctor degree. Judy began practicing law as a sole practitioner, and then in 1993 she became a Deputy District Attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Montgomery County. In 1994 Judy originated the Montgomery County Task Force on Domestic Violence with Judge Lynn Bright, which brought major and continuing reforms to the way domestic violence cases are handled in Montgomery County. In that same year, she co-founded the Sexual Assault Response Team in Montgomery County, which radically reformed the criminal justice system’s response to victims of rape, sodomy, and other sexual assault crimes. Judy participated as a member of the Multi-Disciplinary Teams, which handled child abuse and child sexual abuse allegations and crimes. On many occasions and for many agencies and organizations throughout her career, Judy has been asked to share her knowledge and expertise through training programs and presentations with fellow attorneys in Alabama, Louisiana, and on a national faculty, as well as with mental health professionals, social workers, and various law enforcement agencies on various topics of law.

Family and Divorce Law

1216 1st Street North, Alabaster, AL 35007

Kathryn Thompkins graduated from Auburn University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Spanish. She then went on to receive her Juris Doctorate from Jones School of Law in 2013 and has been practicing law in Alabama since. Kathryn joined the firm as an associate attorney in December 2016. Her practice is primarily focused on family and domestic relations law, including divorce, post-divorce, child custody and visitation, child support, alimony, asset division, paternity and adoptions. Kathryn also handles personal injury and municipal court cases.

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1000 Church Street NW, Huntsville, AL 35801

Kristina Sexton is a family law attorney and co-founder of NXTSTEP Family Law in Huntsville, Alabama. Known professionally as Kris, she established the firm with Coby Boswell in 2016 after the two had already worked together. The firm is located at 1000 Church Street NW in Huntsville. Sexton earned her law degree at Barry University School of Law, where her studies included Children and Families and Trial Advocacy. She is licensed in Alabama and Florida. Her practice focuses on family law, juvenile law, matters involving DHR/CPS, and mediation. The firm also identifies complex divorce mediation as a particular area of her work. A registered mediator, Sexton has mediated more than 100 family law matters in North Alabama. Her professional background also includes training as a Court Appointed Juvenile Advocate. NXTSTEP lists her as a licensed Guardian ad Litem and describes her involvement with the National Children’s Advocacy Center. At the firm level, NXTSTEP represents mothers, fathers, children, and grandparents in family law matters. Sexton works with a support team that includes paralegals Heather Hoffman and Katie Carroll. Hoffman also supports attorney Danielle Cassells, while Carroll is identified as Sexton’s paralegal. Office manager Hannah Coulter previously worked alongside Sexton as a paralegal concentrating on family law and juvenile matters before moving into office management in 2022.

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111 Jefferson St N, Huntsville, AL 35801

Melissa Miller is a family law and criminal defense attorney in Huntsville, Alabama, where she practices at Melissa Miller Law Firm. She has served Madison and Limestone Counties since 2014, with military divorce and fathers’ rights among the matters she handles. For online divorce consultations, Miller meets with clients herself over Zoom. That part of the practice extends beyond the two counties: the firm offers online divorce and mediation throughout Alabama, but restricts in-person representation to Madison and Limestone Counties. Its Huntsville office is on Jefferson Street North. Divorce is one part of the firm’s family law work. Its fee schedule also lists custody and paternity cases, child support disputes, and proceedings involving modification or contempt. Adoptions are listed separately, with services for stepparent, relative and adult adoptions. The criminal practice covers both misdemeanors and felonies, as well as expungements. Miller reviews the circumstances of a case at the consultation before quoting a flat fee. Under the firm’s billing policy, the initial payment covers the first stage, including preparation of documents, initial filings and discovery, and communications. It is not necessarily the last legal fee in a case: mediation, temporary hearings, depositions or preparation for trial may require another flat fee. The policy also separates legal fees from outside expenses. Filing fees and payments to mediators, guardians ad litem and process servers are third-party costs paid by the client.

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106 North Main Street, P.O. Box 1591, Columbiana, AL 35051

Samantha Rush is a family law attorney in Columbiana, Alabama, where she founded Rush Law Firm LLC and serves as its principal. She advises individuals and families across Alabama. Her practice profile includes divorce and child custody, along with probate, general criminal defense, and wills, trusts and estates. Rush earned her J.D. from Birmingham School of Law in 2008. Before law school, she attended the University of Montevallo, graduating summa cum laude in 2004. Her admission to the Alabama bar came in 2008, the same year she was admitted to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. On the firm’s team page, she appears under her full name, Samantha Bristow Rush. The firm lists her as a National Board of Trial Advocacy Certified Family Law Specialist. Her career has also included municipal matters and civil litigation, according to her FindLaw biography. That profile, updated March 2, 2026, describes work in family law, criminal defense and probate over a career of more than 15 years. Rush Law Firm LLC is located at 106 North Main Street in Columbiana, Alabama 35051. The firm receives mail separately at Post Office Box 1591 in Columbiana, with the same ZIP code. Its published office telephone number is 205-610-8221.

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2001 Park Pl, Suite 550, Birmingham, AL 35203

Wendy B. Crew is a family law attorney and the founder of Crew Law Group, P.C., in Birmingham, Alabama. She has practiced in Birmingham since 1983, the year she was admitted to practice in Alabama. She is board certified in matrimonial law. Her education includes a J.D. from Cumberland School of Law, awarded in 1983. Crew was a founding member of the Alabama State Bar’s Family Law Section and has held every office in that section. Her professional affiliations include fellowship in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Within that organization, she has served on the national Board of Governors and held the positions of president and secretary in the Alabama chapter. She has also lectured nationally and internationally on domestic relations and family law. Her writing includes co-authorship of an article on problems presented by virtual trials, published in the Fall 2021 issue of Family Advocate. She also contributed to International Relocation of Children: A Global Guide. Crew’s work in legal education has included service as an adjunct professor at Cumberland School of Law. With a local high school teacher, she implemented the school’s Street Law Program and co-authored “Play by the Rules” for use in that program. Her community service has included membership on the board of the Alabama Center for Civic Law and Education and service on the executive committee of the AIDS TASC Force of Alabama.

Family and Divorce Law

1216 1st St N, Alabaster, AL 35007

Kathryn Thompkins graduated from Auburn University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Spanish. She then went on to receive her Juris Doctorate from Jones School of Law in 2013 and has been practicing law in Alabama since. Kathryn joined the firm as an associate attorney in December 2016. Her practice is primarily focused on family and domestic relations law, including divorce, post-divorce, child custody and visitation, child support, alimony, asset division, paternity and adoptions. Kathryn also handles personal injury and municipal court cases.

Family and Divorce Law

2316 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

The practice was established in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 2005. Since that time, Mark Sterling Gober, LLC has become well known throughout West Central Alabama for providing personal legal representation which is second to none. The firm has been listed among Lawyers of Distinction (as published in The New York Times, CNN, The Huffington Post and USA Today). Attorney and Practice Magazine has designated Mark Sterling Gober, LLC as one of Alabama’s Top 10 Family Law Practices. The practice has also been recognized by the National Association of Family Law Attorneys for exceptional and outstanding client representation in matters involving child custody, divorce and family law.