About
Nancy Burnett is a Dalton attorney with more than 30 years of legal experience serving individuals, families, and businesses in Whitfield and Murray Counties. Her practice includes family law, divorce, legitimation, child custody, child support, adoption, alimony, name changes, wills, estate planning, corporate and LLC formation, and bankruptcy. She also assists with business-startup and breach-of-contract matters, providing legal guidance across family, estate, financial, and business concerns.
Nancy earned a Juris Doctor from Albany Law School of Union University in 1989 and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Georgia State University in 1986. Her business education complements legal work involving family finances, business formation, contracts, and estate planning. Her academic background supports practical counseling across domestic relations, planning, business, and bankruptcy matters, where clients can face overlapping legal and financial questions that require careful review of documents, obligations, property, and long-term goals.
Nancy has practiced family law for decades and handles divorce, custody, adoption, legitimation, support, and alimony matters that can affect parenting rights, finances, property, and long-term family decisions. Her broader work includes wills and estate planning, business organization, bankruptcy, and contract-related concerns. This range allows her to assist clients when legal issues overlap, including situations where family changes affect property or business interests or where planning documents are needed alongside other legal representation.
Nancy Burnett brings long-standing Dalton ties and more than three decades of legal experience to clients in Whitfield and Murray Counties. Her practice combines family law with estate planning, business, and financial matters, giving clients access to counsel across important stages of personal and professional life. She emphasizes clear communication and individualized solutions while helping clients understand legal options, prepare necessary documents, resolve disputes, and protect family or business interests through practical legal planning and representation.
Law Office Affiliations
- Attorney, Nancy Burnett Law
- Member, State Bar of Georgia
Licensed State
- Georgia
Education
- Albany Law School
Juris Doctor (JD) - Georgia State University
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Awards & Badges

- Adoption
- Alimony
- Bankruptcy
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Divorce & Separation
- Domestic Violence
- Estate Planning
- Family
- Limited Liability Company (LLC)
- Litigation
- Paternity
- Property Disputes
- Wills & Living Wills




