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Amy joined Ellis Funk, as a shareholder in 2005 when her former firm, Leitz, Fink & Kaye, LLC, combined with Ellis, Funk, Goldberg, Labovitz & Dokson, P.C. Amy has practiced law since 1987. She began her law career in the area of Business and Corporate law, and has focused exclusively on Family Law matters since 1994. Amy handles Family Law cases throughout the metropolitan Atlanta area.Amy’s practice covers all areas of Family Law including divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, spousal support, equitable division of assets and liabilities, modification, marital agreements including prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, paternity actions, separation agreements, mediation and arbitration. Amy also serves as a Court appointed Guardian Ad Litem in custody matters, and has been a frequent speaker at family seminars. Amy is a member of the Charles L. Weltner Family Law Inn of Court, and has been named to Georgia "Super Lawyers" in the area of family law and named to the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, and named by The American Lawyer as a Top Rated Lawyer in Family Law.

Kristy Barnhart launched Barnhart Family Law, LLC in the Spring of 2023 after spending 10+ years at a premeire family law firm.  Ms. Barnhart practices exclusively in the areas of divorce and family law. She has been selected as a Georgia Super Lawyer as a Rising Star in the field of family law for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.. Ms. Barnhart zealously represents clients throughout the Atlanta metro area in cases involving divorce, high-net worth divorce, child custody and visitation, child support, alimony, legitimation and paternity, modification and enforcement, mediations and other domestic relations matters. She also proficiently drafts pre and postnuptial agreements and uncontested divorce settlement documents.. Ms. Barnhart is known for her professionalism and client-centered practice.  She is committed to developing a close working relationship with her clients and providing individualized, high-quality, and cost-efficient legal services.  Her clients report feeling empowered to make informed decisions and overall satisfaction in their experience with Kristy as thier attorney.. Ms. Barnhart has extensive trial experience yet highly values the benefit of settlement.  Kristy listens to her clients and approaches each case uniquely to achieve the best possible outcome.. In addition to her family law practice, Ms. Barnhart is active in several local bar associations and gives back to her community.

Rhonda Butterfield is a strong advocate for men’s rights.  She attended law school during an era when women constituted only 20% of her law school class, and were not part of the “good old boy” club.  Early in her career, she advocated for women’s equal rights in the workplace.  Her philosophy has come full-circle, and she now advocates for men’s equal rights in the family.  Her father was an important person in her upbringing.  Later, as a single parent raising a son and daughter, she came to appreciate the hard work, blood, sweat, and tears that parents give in order to raise their children.  She understands the single-parent life – it is the toughest job she has ever had.. Ms. Butterfield has had significant national and international experiences.  She lived in Australia for one year in high school as a Rotary Exchange Student.  Her college career included one year in Washington, D.C. on Capitol Hill as a political science intern.  She graduated from college early, with high honors, and received a scholarship to attend Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.  While there, she was on the staff of the Criminal Law Review.  After graduation in 1976, she came to Alaska for a one-year internship with Supreme Court Justice Jay A. Rabinowitz, and she knew before arriving that she would stay. She has lived and practiced in Fairbanks, Kenai, and Anchorage, as an Assistant District Attorney and Assistant Attorney General, prosecuting all manner of criminal cases, including domestic violence, assaults, and child sexual abuse.  She focused for several years on drug prosecutions, and helped re-write Alaska’s criminal drug laws in the early 1980’s.  She represented Alaska in the Western States Information Network, an information-sharing group focused on eliminating illegal drug trafficking from 5 western states.  She trained as a trial advocate, and became an instructor in trial advocacy.  While in the District Attorney’s Offices and the Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals (OSPA), she handled upwards of 150 jury trials, and dozens of appeals.  She traveled around the country in 1993 as the alternate member for Alaska House Speaker Ramona Barnes, a member of the President’s Commission on Model State Drug Laws.  From 1994 – 2001, she worked in the civil side of the state Attorney General’s Office, representing the Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED, now CSSD) in the Department of Revenue.  There, she gained a great deal of knowledge about the ins and outs of child support.   After retiring from the state, she entered private practice, and her entire focus has been on family law issues for the past 16 years.  She handles trials, settlements, administrative matters, and appeals with the knowledge, experience, and confidence of someone with 4 decades of legal experience in the Alaska court system.

After practicing in various locations throughout the state, I am now in Savannah, Georgia, and have joined Meriwether & Tharp -- the state's largest divorce law firm. With decades of experience, I am happy to help you through your family law issue.

I'm passionate about using law as a tool to make people's lives better. You can contact me at I am licensed in the State of Hawaii, and the State of California.

Jazmine graduated from Kahuku High & Intermediate School as Valedictorian in 2013. She then graduated cum laude in 2016 with her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Brigham Young University. Jazmine proceeded to complete a joint-masters program at J. Reuben Clark Law School and the Marriott School of Business where she earned her Juris Doctorate degree and Masters in Public Administration in 2020. Jazmine passed the Hawaii Bar in 2022 and has been practicing family law ever since.

Kendal was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, and graduated from the Kamehameha Schools. He received his Bachelor of Arts in History from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, and his Juris Doctorate from the Texas A&M Law Center at the South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas.. Kendal is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association, the HSBA Bankruptcy Section, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. He is also a member of the Bradley University Chapter of Delta Tau Delta. Kendal is an experienced litigator, negotiator, and draftsman, and has guided numerous individuals and businesses through bankruptcy. He can be reached via e-mail at:

Noah H. Gibson practices family law at Coates Frey & Hackett, AAL LLLC in Honolulu. He has successfully helped clients in all subcategories of family law cases but maintains an especially strong presence in his firm’s Domestic Abuse Practice Group.Noah has been recognized as an exemplary lawyer in the Hawaiian community on multiple occasions. He was awarded the John R. Justice Grant in criminal defense for serving underrepresented areas of Hawaii and later received the “Justice Award.”Outside of his practice with Coates Frey & Hackett, AAL LLLC, Noah dedicates his time serving as a Junior Judges Volunteer and Legal Lines Volunteer. He has also held the title of Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii President of the Board since 2011.

About Mitsuyama & Rebman LLLC. Mitsuyama & Rebman LLLC has highly experienced, effective, assertive, and efficient attorneys, with offices in Honolulu and Hilo. They offer mediation services, workshops, and litigation.. Mediation. The M & R attorneys are part of the court-appointed Volunteer Settlement Master program and have successfully mediated cases to avert trial and hearings in and out of the program. Mediation rates are available for otherwise-uncontested divorces that have just a few issues to settle; for pro se litigants who want an experienced family law attorney who knows all aspects of the law, and for parties with counsel looking for an entire settlement.. Workshops. NEW FOR HILO. Our Hilo office is opening in June 2020. We have workshops for *Know Your Rights - What You Don't Know Can Hurt You,* a pre- or early-stage divorce and custody workshop; *Preparing and Taking Your Own Case to Court," for those who want to represent themselves; * Property Division Law in Hawaii,* for those wanting a more detailed and nuanced overview of the law. THESE WORKSHOPS DO NOT PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE FOR YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.. Litigation. The touchstone of any family law case is the law and what a court might do if your spouse or former partner will not settle with you. M & R attorneys are highly experienced litigators. We settle many of our cases, and for those that can't be settled on good terms, you will want trial attorneys who are not afraid to litigate.