Mary F. Radford
Georgia State University College of Law
Professor Emerita Mary F. Radford was a full-time member of the faculty of the Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta, Georgia from 1984-2020 and served as the Marjorie Fine Knowles Professor of Fiduciary Law. Professor Radford is an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and, in 2011-12, she served as that organization's President. Professor Radford served as the Reporter and principal drafter for the State Bar of Georgia committees that drafted the 1998 Revised Georgia Probate Code, the 2005 Revised Georgia Guardianship and Conservatorship Code, and the 2010 Revised Georgia Trust Code. Professor Radford is the author of Redfearn: Wills & Administration in Georgia (Thomson Reuters, 2025-26 ed.); Trusts & Trustees in Georgia (Thomson Reuters, 2025-26 ed.); and Georgia Guardianship and Conservatorship (Thomson Reuters, 2025-26 ed.), as well as numerous law review articles and other scholarly publications. She is a past recipient of the National College of Probate Judges Isabella Horton Grand Award for Contributions to Guardianship Law (2021), the Fiduciary Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia Verner S. Chaffin Career Service Award (2009), and the National College of Probate Judges Treat Award for Excellence (2002). In 2019, she was inducted into the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils Hall of Fame.
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