May 2023:  Elaine Levine and Alexa Kwartin attended the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers’ Sneaker Ball at which Elaine was awarded the Visionary Award.  The Visionary Award is presented to a GAWL member who has shown the characteristics of being forward thinking, creative and working for the best interest of GAWL.

January 2023:  Elaine Levine has been notified by Martindale Hubbell that she has received the highest possible peer review rating in legal ability and ethical standards for 25 years in a row

January 26, 2023:  Alexa Kwartin attended the Roses for Roe Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood

January 1, 2023:  Elaine Levine’s son, Theodore Levine, and his fiancée, Sophie Frishberg, announced their engagement

December 27, 2022:  Elizabeth Lawrence gave birth to a beautiful and healthy baby girl

November 18, 2022:  Alexa Kwartin attended the annual Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute Program

November 16, 2022:  Elaine Levine attended the Elder Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association meeting

November 9, 2022:  Alexa Kwartin spoke on a panel about working in the private legal sector at the University of Georgia Law School

November 3, 2022:  Elaine Levine spoke at a seminar hosted by American Financial Advisors on estate planning for women

October 20, 2022: Alexa Kwartin has been selected as a Superlawyer Rising Star for 2023 and attended a celebratory event

October 14, 2022:  Alexa Kwartin attended the Georgia Lawyers for the Arts Annual Art Auction

September 21, 2022:  Elaine Levine attended the Elder Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association program on “The Practice of Elder Law”

September 15, 2022:  Alexa Kwartin Planned and hosted the Georgia Association for Women Lawyer’s Annual Kickoff Party at 5Church Restaurant in Midtown!  Elaine Levine attended this great opening event — and it was sold out

September 8, 2022:  Alexa Kwartin attended the Atlanta Bar Association’s Family Law Section Breakfast to hear Judge Ellerbe speak

August 29, 2022:  Elaine Levine was selected to the 2023 Georgia Super Lawyers list for excellence in practice (only 5% of Georgia lawyers receive this distinction)

August 24, 2022:  Elaine Levine attended the Joint Bar luncheon “Demystifying Dobbs v. Jackson” at the State Bar

August 2022:  Elaine Levine was selected as one of “Georgia’s Top-Rated Lawyers” by the Fulton County Daily Report

June 2022:  Liz Lawrence was elected to the Board of the Estate Planning and Probate Section of the Atlanta Bar Association

June 2022: Paralegal Marilyn Koschik celebrated the marriage of her son, Austin, to Emma Groene in a beautiful wedding in Cincinnati

June 2022: Alexa Kwartin was selected as the Best Family Law Attorney by the 2022 Best of Perimeter (Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Brookhaven)

June 2022:  Elaine Levine and Liz Lawrence each spent an afternoon volunteering at the DeKalb County Probate Information Center assisting indigent family members of deceased persons with probate questions and obstacles

May 2022:  Alexa Kwartin joined the Board of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL) as the Vice President of Membership

May 2022:  Alexa Kwartin attended the Georgia Association for Women Lawyer’s Annual Dinner at the College Football Hall of Fame

May 2022: Elaine Levine was named a 2022 Super Lawyer in Estate Planning and Probate, Alexa Kwartin was named a 2022 Rising Star Super Lawyer in Family Law, and Liz Lawrence was named a 2022 Rising Star Super Lawyer in Estate Planning and Probate

December 2021: Alexa Kwartin spoke to GAWLedu, a group of newer women lawyers, on a panel about how to start one’s own law firm

December 2021:  Elaine Levine welcomed her third grandchild, Andrew Bennett German, born in Cincinnati to Elaine’s daughter, Eleanor, and her husband Konstantin.  Baby Andy joins his big sister, Sadie, age 2 1/2.

June 2021: Alexa Kwartin became a certified Arbitrator

May 2021:  Kwartin & Levine, LLP proudly supported our neighbor, Kate’s Club, in its 2021 Memory Walk. Liz Lawrence and her family joined volunteer Nancy Kriseman on the Walk, in honor of the Kate’s Club families and those affected by the pandemic.

May 2021:  Elaine Levine received the 2021 AV Preeminent Rating, the highest possible rating in legal ability and ethical standards from Martindale-Hubbell following peer review voting.

May 2021:   Elaine Levine was named a 2021 Super Lawyer in Estate Planning and Probate, Alexa Kwartin was named a Rising Star Super Lawyer in Family Law, and Liz Lawrence was named a Rising Star Super Lawyer in Estate Planning and Probate.

April 2021:  Alexa Kwartin was named “Best Family Law Attorney of Perimeter for 2021”.  This award highlights businesses selected by local voters in Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, and Brookhaven.  We are so honored that they chose Alexa!

November 2020:  Our new paralegal, Marilyn Koschik, joined the firm as an independent contractor.  Welcome Marilyn!

October 2020:  Elaine Levine gave a seminar on the probate process in Georgia to investment advisory firm Homrich Berg.

July 2020:  Our new paralegal, Kathryn Farmer, joined the firm as an independent contractor.  Welcome Kathryn!

July 2020: Alexa Kwartin and her husband Zach welcomed their beautiful daughter Hannah to their family. They are totally smitten with her and thrilled that she arrived safely in such a bizarre time (COVID).

May 12, 2020: Elaine Levine was named a 2020 Super Lawyer in Estate Planning and Probate.

April 1, 2020: Liz Lawrence became a partner in the firm!

March 15, 2020: The attorneys and staff at the firm begin working from home due to the COVID19 epidemic.

February 27, 2020- Alexa Kwartin planned an event called The Leader Within, which focused on Building your Influence. Later in the day, Elaine Levine spoke to the Leadership Academy on Mentoring, and Alexa spoke to the Leadership Academy on Networking.

January 24-25, 2020- Alexa Kwartin planned a successful first GAWL Leadership Academy retreat at Serenbe.

January 1, 2020 – Alexa Kwartin and Elizabeth Lawrence were each named Super Lawyer 2020 Georgia Rising Stars!

October 24, 2019: Elaine Levine serves as attorney advisor to the DeKalb County Probate Court Information Center.

October 16, 2019- Alexa Kwartin attended a photography exhibit at Atlanta Legal Aid, which exhibited photos depicting some of the clients Legal Aid has assisted over the years.

July 15th, 2019- Alexa Kwartin served as a coach for the girl scout project mock trial competition.

June 21-22, 2019- Alexa Kwartin attended the GAWL annual board retreat at Calloway Gardens to plan for the upcoming Board year.

May 22, 2019- Alexa Kwartin spoke to a group of newer lawyers at GAWLedu regarding how to respond appropriately to nasty emails.

May 9, 2019- Alexa Kwartin was sworn in to her new role as VP of Leadership on the board of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL) at the GAWL Annual Dinner, which was held at Coca-Cola Headquarters

April 27, 2019- Alexa Kwartin competed on behalf of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL) in the Multi-Bar Leadership Council Taste of Diversity Cook- off. The theme was “Honey I Shrunk the Attorneys” and the team won 2nd place for their honey smoked salmon entree.

April 16, 2019- Alexa Kwartin planned a program on Implicit Bias in the Legal Sector at the State Bar of Georgia.

March 19, 2019: Elaine Levine attended Heirs Property seminar at the State Bar of Georgia.

January 16, 2019: Alexa Kwartin planned a very successful Personal Finance event for the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL). The panel of four financial planners answered practical questions for over 40 attendees at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton’s offices in midtown. The event was also streamed virtually for other GAWL members across the state.

January 15, 2019: Elaine Levine was selected as a 2019 Super Lawyer in Estate Planning and Probate, Alexa Kwartin was selected as a 2019 Super Lawyer Rising Star in Family Law and Liz Lawrence was selected as a 2019 Super Lawyer Rising Star in Estate Planning and Probate!

November 29, 2019: Elaine Levine serves as attorney advisor to the DeKalb County Probate Court Information Center.

October 20, 2018: The firm celebrated with Alexa Kwartin as she and Zach Alexander were married!

October 19, 2018: Elaine Levine and Liz Lawrence spoke to the GAWLedu 2018 class on what it is like to practice Wills, Trusts and Probate law

August 26, 2018: Kwartin & Levine celebrated Liz Lawrence’s daughter Charlotte’s birthday with a fabulous birthday party at Charlotte’s home

August 24, 2018: Alexa Kwartin has been added to the Court Mediator lists for Cobb and Gwinnett Counties. Alexa is a registered mediator statewide for civil, domestic relations, and domestic violence cases

July 15-16, 2018: Alexa Kwartin attended the annual Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL) Board Retreat at Calloway Gardens. Alexa is the Vice President of Programs for the 2018-2019 GAWL year

July 12-13, 2018: Liz Lawrence attended the 53rd Annual Fiduciary Law Institute in St. Simons Island, Georgia

June 23, 2018: Paralegal Deb Hoyt welcomed her first granddaughter, Chloe!

June 22, 2018: Alexa Kwartin served as a judge for a Mock Trial run by the Lawyers for Equal Justice Program

June 8, 2018: Elaine Levine attended the Elder Law Section Sponsor Appreciation Luncheon at the Palm restaurant

June 2, 2018: All of women in Suite T-90 hosted a beautiful bridal shower for Alexa Kwartin! Thirty women attended and toasted our bride-to-be.

May 24-26, 2018: Alexa Kwartin attended the 36th Annual Georgia Family Law Institute on Jekyll Island, Georgia

May 23, 2018: Elaine Levine attended the “8000 Days of Retirement” program hosted by American Financial Advisors at Maggiano’s/Cumberland

May 22, 2018: Elaine Levine spoke at the State Bar of Georgia Group Mentoring program

May 15, 2018: Elaine Levine was honored at the GAWL Annual Dinner held at the Atlanta History Center and was awarded the Past Presidents’ Award. Alexa Kwartin was sworn in as GAWL’s 2018-2019 Vice President of Programs

April 27, 2018: Elaine Levine spoke at the GAWL Solo and Small Firm lunch on changing legal practice areas

April 16, 2018: Elaine Levine volunteered at the Fulton County Probate Information Center counseling 6 groups of people on probate issues at no charge as a service to the Probate Court

April 15, 2018: Alexa Kwartin attended the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers’ Mini Board Retreat

March 20, 2018: Elaine Levine spoke at the State Bar of Georgia Group Mentoring program on “Maximizing the Group Mentoring Program”

February 1, 2018: Elaine Levine led a committee which planned a Joint Seminar among the Elder Law Section and the Estate Planning and Probate Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and the Financial Planning Association/Georgia. The seminar was sold out with 95 attendees and was a great success!

January 1, 2018: The firm changed its name to Kwartin & Levine, LLP and its website to www.KwartinLevine.com.

November 16, 2017: Elaine Levine spoke to the Estate Planning and Probate Section of the Gwinnett County Bar Association on unusual estate planning problems she has handled in the last 10 years

November 14, 2017: Elaine Levine attended the Estate Forum at the Cobb Energy Center hosted by Diversied Trust and focused on retirement account beneficiary planning

November 8, 2017: Elaine Levine attended the program on Women and Finance by Montag and Associates at 103 West

October 2017: Alexa Kwartin completed her extensive training for civil and domestic mediation and is now a registered mediator for the State of Georgia

September 29, 2017: Alexa Kwartin was selected to the 2018 Georgia Rising Stars List, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Georgia receive this distinction!

September 22, 2017: Paralegal Deborah Hoyt attended Georgia State University’s Family Law Bootcamp for Paralegals and New Attorneys

September 21, 2017: Alexa Kwartin and Zach Alexander became engaged to be married!

August 29, 2017: Liz Lawrence and her husband Chris welcomed their beautiful daughter, Charlotte Crawford Lawrence, to their family. All at the firm are overjoyed!

July 16-17: As Vice-President for Mentoring, Alexa Kwartin participated in the GAWL Board Retreat at Reynolds Plantation, Lake Oconee

June 20, 2017: Elaine Levine hosted a sold out networking dinner “Thai’s that Bind” among women from the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, the Financial Planning Association/GA, and the American Womens Society of CPAs/GA at Elaine’s home; the event was attended by 55 women professionals

June 13 and June 28, 2017: Alexa J. Kwartin volunteered at the Atlanta Community Food Bank sorting food and supplies for needy Atlantans

June 15, 2017: Elaine Levine spoke to a support group of ALS Association (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) in Fayetteville, Georgia regarding end-of-life planning

June 11, 2017: Elaine Levine, Deborah D. Hoyt, and Alexa Kwartin hosted a baby shower for Liz Lawrence

May 28, 2017: Elaine Levine’s daughter Eleanor was married to Dr. Konstantin German at The Temple, followed by a celebration at The Estate in Atlanta

May 1, 2017: The firm voted to admit Alexa J. Kwartin as a partner

April 27, 2017: Elaine G. Levine participated in the Financial Planners Association/GA quarterly meeting at Villa Christina

April 10, 2017: Elaine G. Levine served on the Nominating Committee for GAWL which selected a slate of attorneys to serve as officers, vice-presidents and committee chairs for 2017-2018

March 16, 2017: Elaine G. Levine spoke to 30 financial planners at Montag & Associates about the probate process

January – June, 2017: Alexa J. Kwartin participated in GAWL Leadership Academy

January 20, 2017: Elaine G. Levine spoke to the GAWL Leadership Academy with Robin Sangston, VP and Chief Compliance Officer with Cox Communications, on “Successful Mentoring Relationships”

January 11, 2017: Elaine G. Levine hosted current and all prior GAWL Leadership Academy classes and members of the Leadership Committee of GAWL for a celebretory dinner at her home

January 2016: Elaine G. Levine was named by Georgia Trend Magazine as a Georgia Legal Elite for 2016

January 1, 2016: Elaine G. Levine was named Director of Allied Professionals on the Board of the Financial Planning Association of Georgia

December 2016: Liz Lawrence spearheaded a successful drive to collect holiday presents for struggling elderly people through the Atlanta Bar Elder Law Section

November 17, 2016: Elaine G. Levine spoke at the State Bar seminar on “Mentoring, Motivating and Managing” the mentor relationship for experienced attorney mentors

October 3, 2016: Elaine G. Levine was selected as one of Georgia Trend’s 2016 Legal Elite by Georgia Trend magazine

July 2016: Liz Lawrence became the Chair of the Elder Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association

May 4, 2016: Elaine Levine was awarded the Annual Volunteer Award for the top volunteer in the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers at the Annual Dinner and was also named a “committee star” for the Leadership and Mentoring Committees of GAWL

March 8, 2016: Elaine Levine spoke at the Group Mentoring seminar for new lawyers hosted by State Bar of Georgia

February 26, 2016: Elaine Levine spoke to the GAWL Leadership Academy on “Preparing for a Crisis in your Life and Law Practice”

February 28, 2016: The Firm shopped for the ingredients, cooked the food and served a complete home-made dinner at the Zaban Couples Shelter for 48 homeless people as part of our annual day of service

January 30, 2016: Elaine Levine and Robin Sangston, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer at Cox Communications, spoke to the Leadership Academy of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers on mentoring

January 29, 2016: Elaine Levine spoke to the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers Solo and Small Practice Affinity Group about building a referral business

January 26, 2016: Elaine Levine moderated a panel of lawyers on changing practice areas at the Leader Within seminar sponsored by the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers

November 18, 2015: Elaine Levine spoke on “Building Your Business through Referrals” at a sold out lunch meeting of ProWin, a professional women’s networking organization

November 10, 2015: Elaine Levine chaired a committee that planned a sold out Speed Networking event among women attorneys with GAWL, women financial planners with the Financial Planning Association/Georgia and women accountants with the AWSCPA/Georgia held at SignatureFD in midtown

September 24, 2015: Elaine Levine chaired a committee which hosted a joint event of the Financial Planning Association/Georgia, the Estate Planning and Probate Section and the Elder Law Section of the Atlanta Bar. The program focused on a complex scenario Elaine developed presenting issues of the truly modern family. Speakers were Judge Jeryl Rosh of the DeKalb County Probate Court, Russell Love with Nelson Mullins, Doug Duncan with Lefkoff, Duncan, Grimes, McSain and Hass, and Marta Shen with Spring Street Financial. The event was held at the offices of Dentons.

May 12, 2015: Elaine Levine spoke at the State Bar of Georgia May 2015 Group Mentoring Program for New Attorneys

May 7, 2015: Elaine Levine was named a “Committee Star” by the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers for her work on the Leadership Committee and for her work on the Mentoring Committee

March 31, 2015: Elaine Levine spoke to 40 Delta pilots, staff and their spouses on estate planning and the probate process at Maggiano’s Cumberland at the request of American Financial Advisors

March 21, 2015: Elaine Levine spoke on a panel entitled “Building Strong Mentorship Associations” at the Law 2015 Annual Conference at Emory University School of Law

January 1, 2015: Elaine Levine joined the Board of Directors of the Financial Planning Association of Georgia as the Director of Professional Relations/Allied Professions

December 16, 2014: Elaine Levine spoke to 25 Delta pilots, staff and their spouses on estate planning and the probate process at Maggiano’s Cumberland at the request of American Financial Advisors

October 28, 2014: Elaine Levine attended the 2014 Atlanta Estate Planning Forum

October 28, 2014: Elaine Levine spoke to 45 Delta pilots, staff and their spouses on estate planning and the probate process at Maggiano’s Cumberland at the request of American Financial Advisors

September 9, 2014: Elaine Levine spoke to 60 women at The Temple in Atlanta as part of the Sandwich Salon program on the topic of crisis and emergency planning.

June 21, 2014: Elaine Levine spoke at the statewide ALS Educational Symposium at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center

May 2014: Elaine Levine was awarded The Kathleen Kessler Award — GAWL’s most important award given annually to a female attorney who exhibits the highest degree of professionalism and dedication to service in the legal community

April 10, 2014: Elaine Levine was selected to serve on the nominating committee of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers

February 22, 2014: Elaine Levine spoke to Delta pilots, flight attendants and their spouses at a private meeting at Maggianno’s at the request of American Financial Advisors

January 31, 2014: Elaine Levine gave a speech at the Georgia Association of Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences conference at the Marietta Hilton on end-of-life planning

January 24, 2014: Elaine Levine spoke on mentoring to the Leadership Academy of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers at Chateau Elan

January 15, 2014: Elaine Levine spoke on business development and marketing to the New Lawyers Affinity Group of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers

November 13, 2013: Elaine Levine spoke at John Marshall Law School’s Networking 101 luncheon

November 7, 2013: Elaine Levine spoke to Delta pilots, flight attendants and their spouses at private meeting at Maggianno’s at the request of American Financial Advisors

September 19, 2013: Elaine Levine spoke to 10 Delta pilots and their spouses on estate planning issues at the offices of American Financial Advisors in Marietta