Skating on Thin Ice

April 21, 2014
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Olympic bronze-medal winning ice skater Johnny Weir’s marriage to his attorney husband, Victor Varnov, is on thin ice.  The pair wed in New York City on New Year’s Eve in 2011 in a civil ceremony.   Weir filed for divorce in February of 2014 citing domestic difficulties, and not unlike his flamboyant shows on the ice, the demise of his marriage…

O’Dell Hungerford Blanchard & Booth Joins the 100 Challenge

February 24, 2014
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Back-to-back snow storms in Cobb County and the Metro Atlanta area in early 2014 took a toll on local food banks. O’Dell Hungerford Blanchard & Booth joined with surrounding businesses and residents in the “100 Challenge” to help replenish supplies at MUST Ministries. We gathered donations of food and household items along with a $100 cash donation for the pantry…

Cops & Kids Shop Together

January 15, 2014
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Cops in Cobb County don’t always patrol our streets and neighborhoods looking for bad guys. Sometimes, they shop with kids! In December, the Cops & Kids event paired more than 50 police officers and sheriff’s deputies with 150 underprivileged Cobb school children for $125 shopping sprees at the Target on Austell Road at the East-West Connector. The Fraternal Order of…

Celebrity Scenarios – Khloe and Lamar List their House for Sale

January 14, 2014
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Is that Required? Following up last month’s blog post (and the continuing realization that every month’s blog could be dedicated to the family law issues arising from the Kardashian relationships), the divorce proceedings between Khloe and Lamar are moving along quickly.  Not even a month after Khloe filed for divorce from Lamar on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, the couple…

Another Kardashian Marriage Bites the Dust

December 17, 2013
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Why Didn’t Khloe Seek a Fault Grounds Divorce? It is becoming apparent that every monthly celebrity blog could be devoted to legal questions arising from the Kardashian family.  The most recent marriage to bite the dust is that of third daughter, Khloe, and her NBA player husband, Lamar Odom.   The two were famously married in September of 2009 after knowing…

Jane Seymour Files for Legal Separation

November 18, 2013
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Why Not a Divorce? Despite claiming that her marriage is irretrievably broken, former “Medicine Woman” star Jane Seymour appears to be in no real hurry to end her marriage to her husband of 20 years, James Keach.  On Monday, October 28, Seymour filed legal separation proceedings in L.A. County Superior Court.  According to her pleadings obtained by E! News, she…

Remembrance of Veterans Day

November 11, 2013
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Today, we celebrate and honor all the brave men and women who have served in the U.S. military for their courage and sacrifice. At O’Dell Hungerford Blanchard & Booth, we had a front row seat for the Veterans Day Parade through downtown Marietta this morning! We snapped several photos to share with everyone of the high school ROTC students and…

2013 Cobb Diaper Day Event Brings in 75,000

October 30, 2013
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Did you know that food stamps do not cover personal hygiene products like diapers? Can you imagine being forced to choose between feeding your family and buying diapers for your little ones? Cobb Diaper Day collects donations of approximately 50,000 diapers each year  for low-income families so that they don’t have to make that choice. Justin O’Dell is one of…

Bruce & Kris Jenner Separate

October 16, 2013
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What Happens to the Teenage Minors? For those who follow the Kardashian clan even casually, it does not come as a shock to hear that Kris and Bruce Jenner have finally announced their separation.   Their marital woes were often fodder for their reality TV show, “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.”  While the Jenner’s will likely have much to sort out…

Bethenny Frankel’s Ongoing Custody Battle

September 16, 2013
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Bethenny Frankel began her rise to celebrity status as a regular on the Real Housewives of New York, where she was a cast member on Seasons 1 through 3.  Frankel quickly became a celebrity in her own right as a business mogul with the launch of her Skinny Girl products, her self-help books, her exercise DVDs, and her own talk…

Simon Cowell Sued in Socialite’s Divorce Drama

August 16, 2013
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Simon Cowell’s personal life has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks with the revelation that he is expecting a child with Lauren Silverman, who is conspicuously still married to Cowell’s friend, Andrew Silverman.   Lauren Silverman initially claimed that she and her husband Andrew had been unhappy in their marriage for some time.  However, Andrew Silverman has a far different…

O’Dell Hungerford Blanchard & Booth Volunteers Services to the Cobb Justice Foundation

June 27, 2013
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O’Dell Hungerford Blanchard & Booth Volunteers Services to the Cobb Justice Foundation O’Dell Hungerford Blanchard & Booth are proud to serve as volunteers for the Cobb Justice Foundation by taking cases assigned from Cobb County Legal Aid on a pro bono basis. As a measure of giving back to the community, O’Dell Hungerford Blanchard & Booth Attorneys recently donated legal…