High School Training

Dr.Arline Kerman

Email: abpbvu@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ********* *****

City: Sandy Springs

State: GA

Zip: 30350

Country: USA

Phone: 770-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $35,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

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ARLINE S. KERMAN, J.D., Ph.D.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Address: 9385 Huntcliff Trace, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350

770-***-****; Fax No. 770-***-****; Cell No. 404-***-****

Email: abpbvu@r.postjobfree.com

Website: www.georgiachildcustody.com

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

A. A.-University of Baltimore-June, 1958

Juris Doctor-University of Baltimore-June, 1961

M.A. in Psychology-U.S. International U., San Diego-1973

Ph.D. in Psychology-Alliant International U., San Diego-1975

Completed four classes in Marriage and Family Therapy-University of Georgia

Licensed real estate agent since 1996

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:

Member of the State Bar of Georgia since November, 1968

Private practice of law in Georgia since 1976 specializing in divorce and child custody cases including a few criminal and juvenile court cases

Represented clients in New York, Ohio, Florida, Massachusetts, Texas and

New Jersey.

Admitted to practice in all of the Georgia courts, United States District Court, United States Court of Appeals, and United States Supreme Court

Private practice mediation, case evaluation/domestic relations, and arbitration practice

Trained as a Fulton County Juvenile Court mediator

Arbitrator for Fulton County State and Superior Court cases

Registered as a neutral with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution (civil, domestic, early neutral evaluation, arbitration), Cobb and Gwinnett Counties

Registered as a Guardian ad Litem in Cobb, Hall, and Forsyth Counties

Former part-time judge in DeKalb County Magistrate Court

PRESIDENT AND OWNER OF THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES:

Divorce and Custody Law Office of Arline Kerman, P.C.

SugarPress, Ltd., Publishers

Co-Founder of The Institute For Co-Parenting Resolution

Talk-Show Host on The Parents Hour (live Internet show)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

As part of my Ph.D. in Psychology program, I completed a teaching psychology internship

Massey College of Law - Part-time - law courses

Woodrow Wilson School of Law - Part-time - Domestic Relations, Psychology and The Law courses

Mercer University - Department of Psychology - Part-time-Introductory Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Social Psychology

Georgia Perimeter College, Department of Social Sciences - Part-time - Psychology courses

University of Phoenix - Part-time faculty - Psychology, Sociology, Communication courses

Gainesville State College - Department of Social Sciences - Part-time -

Psychology courses - Department of Education - Family Relations courses

Art Institute of Jacksonville, Florida Part-time faculty Psychology

PUBLICATIONS:

The Psychological Training of the Criminal Lawyer-Master's Thesis in psychology

Value Patterns Among Lawyers and Their Expert Witnesses Who Are Psychologists and Psychiatrists-Doctoral Dissertation for Ph.D. in psychology

The Child Should Decide, an article for a feature Who Should Get The Kids After A Divorce,

in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on April 29, 1978

Georgia Needs a Family Court Now, published in 1989 in the Verdict, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association publication

Should You Really Seek Custody Of Your Child

Do You Really Want To Be A Stepparent

(First and Second Editions)

Should You Really Seek Custody Of Your Child

New Georgia Edition,

How To Survive And Win As A Co-Parent (First and Second Editions)

The Institute For Co-Parenting Resolution Training Manual (with Guy Jordan, Ph.D.)

Former Associate Editor of American-Psychology Law Society Newsletter

TELEVISION AND RADIO:

The Host of a live Internet talk radio show, The Parents Hour, on BlogTalkRadio.com and archived shows on www.voiceamerica.com

Have been interviewed on various television programs, including Channels 5 and 69 as an expert in the area of family law

Have been interviewed as an expert in child custody cases for a television project by Joan Lunden

Have been a guest on various radio talk shows in the United States and Canada on the issues of child custody and becoming a stepparent

Featured Guest on a documentary entitled A Fatherless Child - Diary of Absence

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

San Diego Psych-Law Society - Founder and Past President

Georgia Bar Association

Georgia Bar Foundation

Forsyth County Bar Association

American Psychological Association

Georgia Psychological Association

PRESENTER AT SEMINARS AND TRAINING SESSIONS:

Presenter at the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Psychological Association in the summer of 1996 in which I presented a paper on the role of the psychologist in custody cases

Lecturer at a seminar on the issue of custody for the Gwinnett County Bar Association

Lecturer at a seminar on the issue of custody to Superior Court Judges secretaries

Custody seminar presented on May 19, 2001 for parents, stepparents, attorneys, and psychologists

The Institute For Co-Parenting Resolution Training

Presenter at the Annual Meeting of the Association For Conflict Resolution on

October 9, 2009 in which Dr. Guy Jordan and I presented a seminar

Co-Parenting Resolution Training For Mediators.

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Psychological Association in

2012.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Since 1991, a presiding judge and evaluator for the High School Mock Trial Competition sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar

Former Member of the High School Mock Trial Committee of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia

Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Georgia

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

Member of the Georgia Bar Foundation

Former Member of the Fee Arbitration Committee of the State Bar of Georgia

Member and former member of various committees of the Georgia Psychological Association

Former Chairman of the Election Committee of the State Bar of Georgia

Former member of the Judicial Administration Committee of the State Bar of Georgia

Former member of the Committee on Children and the Courts of the State Bar of Georgia

Former Vice-Chairman of American Bar Association's Committee on Psychiatry and the Law

Former Member of the American Bar Association's Family Law Section

CIVIC ACTIVITIES:

Member - Humane Society of the United States

HONORARY APPOINTMENT:

Appointed by the National Republican Congressional Committee to serve as Georgias Honorary Chairman on the Business Advisory Council

Awarded National Leadership Award in 2003 by the National Republican Congressional Committee

Awarded 2006 Businesswoman of the Year by the National Republican

Congressional Committees Business Advisory Council

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