Austin Buerlein Esq.

Austin has worked in the legal profession since moving to Atlanta after college in 2001, and is currently licensed to practice in all State courts, including the Court of Appeals of Georgia and the Supreme Court of Georgia, as well as Federal court in the Northern District of Georgia. His practice has concentrated in the area of Divorce & Family Law throughout his career, where he has successfully represented over 1,000 clients in divorce and family law matters, and he has tried over 300 hearings/trials in various courtrooms throughout the state of Georgia. His clients have included professional athletes, doctors, lawyers, business executives, business owners, commissioned salesman, entrepreneurs, pilots, brokers, teachers, stay-at-home mothers and homemakers, and individuals from virtually all walks of life.

He is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section, as well as Atlanta, Cobb & Gwinnett Bars Family Law Section,  and has been a featured author in the area of divorce and family law in various publications (including “The Family Law Review,” “The Annual Family Law CLE Handbook,” “The Judges Bulletin,” among others), as well as a frequent speaker at numerous symposiums throughout the State on family law topics.  Austin has also earned numerous recognitions for his skills as a divorce and trial lawyer — including repeat selections as a “Super Lawyer” in the field of Family Law by Atlanta Magazine & Georgia Super Lawyers (past 13 consecutive years); named “Top 40 in Matrimonial Law” by The National Advocates; prior nominations by A.C.N. for “Top 20 Under 40 in Atlanta”; selected (by Judges and other prominent Family Law practitioners) as a Barrister in the Family Law Inns of Court; among other honors.  

He is also proud of his appellate work, creating important new law in Georgia through the many cases he’s argued before the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals (and is one of the few attorneys in Atlanta who handle family law appeals) (some examples of reported appeal cases are below).

Austin is a founding partner of Fierer & Buerlein, LLC, which specializes in complex and high net worth divorce & Family Law cases. Prior to F&B, he worked as an attorney at several different prestigious law firms, including most recently Browning &Smith, LLC in Marietta, focusing almost exclusively in Divorce & Family law. Prior to B&S, he also started and chaired a Family Law practice group at the mid-size firm Rutherford & Christie, as well as worked on the firm’s commercial litigation team representing various corporate clients, including ones with international presence, such as Delta Air Lines and Chick-fil-A, in various complex litigation matters. Prior to graduating law school, he also gained valuable experience as an Assistant in the Family Law group at Lawler, Tanner, Zitron& Pachman, P.C.; a Summer Associate for Bank of America’s Global Legal Department; and an Assistant in the business development area at Troutman Sanders. 

Austin cares about his clients, and takes great pride in his ability to treat each case/client as his “top” case/client. While a trained and aggressive advocate in the courtroom, his goal is always to — whenever possible — exhaust all means to try and resolve a case in the most favorable, amicable, and cost-effective manner, that mitigates the potential long-lasting effects following any Family Law case, before resorting to the courts.