Get to Know Ashley

J. Ashley Heredia

FOUNDING ATTORNEY

Education

  • CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW, SAMFORD Birmingham, Alabama
    Juris Doctor, 2008

  • UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
    Athens, Georgia
    B.A., 2005

Honors and Awards

  • “Super Lawyer” in Family Law, Atlanta Magazine & SuperLawyers.com, 2024-2025

  • Best Georgia Family Lawyer, Best Lawyers, 2024

  • “Elite Lawyer in Divorce and Family Law”, Elitelawyer.com, 2022-2023

  • “Legal Elite”, Georgia Trend Magazine, 2022

  • “Rising Star” in Family Law, Atlanta Magazine & SuperLawyers.com, 2014-2023

  • “Clients Choice Award”, AVVO.com, 2020

  • Award of Achievement as Chair of the Family Law Section, Atlanta Bar Association 2019-2020

  • Top 10 Family Lawyer Under 40, National Academy of Family Law Attorneys

  • 10 Best Attorney Under 40, American Institute of Family Law Attorneys

  • Award of Achievement for Outstanding Service to the Profession, State Bar of Georgia

  • Graduate of the Young Lawyers Leadership Academy, State Bar of Georgia

  • Graduate of the Institute of Family Law Associates, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Chicago, Illinois

Press

  • 2025 Amazon Best Seller, Divorce Amicably: Your Roadmap to Resolution, Contributing Author

  • Ashley Heredia featured on Atlanta's NPR station, 90.1 WABE regarding a U.S. Supreme Court decision impacting same-sex adoptions.

Legal Activities & Affiliations

  • Former Chair, Family Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association

  • Member, Amicable Divorce Network

  • Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta

  • Member, Family Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association

  • Member, Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia

  • Legal Volunteer, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF)

  • Former Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Division of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia

  • Former Chair, Atlanta Bar Association's "Brews for Tunes" fundraiser benefitting local non-profit, The Atlanta Music Project 

Speaking Engagements and Published Writings

  • Contributing Author, Divorce Amicably: Your Roadmap to Resolution, O’Leary Publishing, 2025

  • Panel Moderator, “When the GAL’s recommendation goes against your client”, Cobb County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2023

  • Speaker, Author, Family Case Law and Legislative Update, Family Law Institute, State Bar of Georgia, 2019

  • Panel Moderator, Contested Custody Litigation and Professionalism: Avoid the Pitfalls, Family Law Institute, State Bar Of Georgia, 2018

  • Speaker, Author "Resolving Family Law Disputes through ADR", JAMS Section, Atlanta Bar Association, 2016

  • Panel Moderator, The Interplay of Juvenile and Superior Court, Cobb County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2015

  • Speaker, Author, "Family Law Case Update", AAML Family Law Seminar, American Academy Of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2015

  • Speaker, Author, "Taking Judicial Notice", Family Law Institute, State Bar Of Georgia, 2015

  • Co-Chairman, Financial Topics in Family Law, Atlanta Bar Association, 2015

  • Panel Moderator, Current Financial Topics in Family Law, Atlanta Bar Association, 2014

  • Co-Chairman, Financial Topics in Family Law, Atlanta Bar Association, 2016

  • Co-Chairman of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division, 2011, 2012

  • Co-Author, "Now they are busted, then what? Use of social media sites in Court" American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Seminar, State Bar of Georgia, 2010

  • Co-Author, "Hot Tips on Spoliation of Evidence" 17th Annual Middle Income Divorce Seminar, Atlanta Bar Association, 2010

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