Jeffrey M. Barnes is a founding partner of Barnes Firm LLP, practicing primarily in the areas of family law and real estate litigation. Jeff combines tenacious litigation skills with his background in finance and business to provide far-reaching, comprehensive representation to his clients.

Jeff has counseled his clients on a number of complex issues including:

• International child custody matters related to the Hague Convention of the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) 42 U.S.C.A. § 11601;
• Interstate child custody matters involving the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) O.C.G.A. § 19-9-40 et seq.;
• Divorce actions involving significant assets located both domestically and in foreign countries;
• Divorce actions requiring the appointment of a court-appointed receiver to manage and protect marital assets until equitable division of property between the parties has been accomplished, either by settlement or trial;
• Child custody/visitation/parenting time matters involving habitual contempt of court by the primary custodial parent;
• Litigation against many of the nation’s largest lending institutions for egregious acts such as a bank knowingly wrongfully foreclosing on and disposing a homeowner from their home only to later sue the homeowner to attempt to correct the bank’s own mistakes;
• Real estate fraud matters involving various types of real estate investment schemes, “loan assistance programs” and Ponzi schemes.

Jeff received his Juris Doctorate from the Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While at Temple, Jeff served as a staff member of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review. Prior to law school, Jeff received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, majoring in Finance and specializing in International Business, from the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business in Columbia, South Carolina.

Jeff is licensed to practice in all Georgia state courts, including the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia and Court of Appeals. Jeff is also licensed to practice in federal courts, including United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and Unites States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.