Specialties
This firm specializes in Family Law Advocacy With Skill, Integrity, Professionalism and Compassion, including issues of Divorce, Child Custody, Mediation, Fathers' and Grandparents' Rights, Adoption, Division of Assets, Modification of existing agreements, Wills and Estate Planning, Prenuptial and Postmarital Agreements, and other domestic issues.
History
After receiving a Bachelor's of Psychology from Belmont University and her Master's in Counseling from Trevecca Nazarene University, Shelley attended the University of Alabama School of Law. She graduated in 2003 and began a clerkship with Madison County Circuit Judge Loyd H. Little that fall. Spring 2004 was the beginning of Shelley's private law practice when she became an associate attorney at Grace, Evans & Matthews working in insurance defense law. Shelley was fortunate enough to soon have the opportunity to move into domestic relations law at the beginning of 2005. From January 2005 to February 2008, Shelley worked at William P. Burgess, Jr., P.C. where she learned the practice of domestic relations law from her mentors Bill Burgess, Esquire and Judge George Craig. Shelley opened her practice in February 2008 offering clients a variety of ways to resolve domestic cases, including uncontested actions, contested litigation, mediation, and collaborative resolutions.