Scot Sikes

Law Offices of Scot Sikes represents a distinctive and specialized approach to family law representation, with particular expertise and focus on military divorce and family law matters. Founded in September 2006, the firm is strategically located in Columbus, Georgia near Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) and the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence. The firm's location reflects its mission: to serve the military community's unique family law needs with lawyers who understand military culture, military benefits, and the complexities of divorce involving active-duty military members and military retirees.

Stephen Scot Sikes, the founder and managing attorney, brings extraordinary military and legal background to family law practice. Sikes has served the United States military for over twenty-one years across all three Army components (active duty, National Guard, and Army Reserves), including over a decade of service as an Army Judge Advocate (JAG) officer—the Army's term for military lawyers. Sikes currently holds the rank of Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, reflecting his substantial military leadership experience and decades of service.

Sikes earned his Juris Doctor from Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law and his bachelor's degree from the University of North Georgia. His legal education, combined with his extraordinary military background, has uniquely prepared him to represent military personnel in family law matters.

Sikes' military legal career reflects exceptional achievement and leadership. He was appointed as an active duty Judge Advocate in December 1999, launching a military legal career that would span more than two decades. Upon his appointment, Sikes attended the 154th Judge Advocate General's Officer Basic Course (JAOBC), where he distinguished himself through exceptional performance: he served as both Assistant Class Leader and Class Leader and received the class Leadership Award. This early recognition of leadership ability set the trajectory for a career distinguished by advancement and responsibility.

Throughout his military legal career, Scot Sikes has held a wide variety of positions that provided comprehensive understanding of military law and military culture. His roles have included Tort Claims and Administrative Law Attorney (handling legal matters related to claims against the military), Trial Counsel (serving as military prosecutor in courts-martial and military legal proceedings), Trial Defense Service attorney (representing military members facing legal action), and Senior Defense Counsel (providing oversight and leadership to military legal defense operations). This progression through different roles in the military legal system provided Sikes with understanding of military law and military justice from multiple perspectives.

Sikes' military experience informs his family law practice in profound ways. Unlike civilian divorce attorneys who may have limited understanding of military culture or military benefits, Sikes brings genuine familiarity with the military lifestyle, military family challenges, and the specific legal issues that arise in military divorces. Military divorces present unique challenges: how are military pensions divided? What happens to military benefits when a service member divorces? How are custody arrangements handled when one parent is subject to military deployment? What constitutes marital property in the military context? These are questions that Sikes, with his military background, is uniquely qualified to address.

Founding his law firm in September 2006, immediately following his years of military legal practice, Sikes chose to locate his office strategically near Fort Moore, reflecting his dedication to serving the military community. The location was deliberate: Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) is one of the largest Army installations in the United States, home to thousands of active-duty military members, family members, and military retirees. By locating his practice near Fort Moore, Sikes positioned himself to serve this significant military population.

The firm's practice is concentrated on family law matters, with particular emphasis on military divorce and family law issues. The firm represents active-duty military members, military family members, and military retirees facing divorce, custody disputes, and other family law challenges. The firm's military focus reflects Sikes' personal commitment to serving those who have served the nation.

The firm's services encompass the full range of family law representation. The firm handles military divorce cases, understanding the unique complexities these cases present. Military divorces frequently involve questions about military pension division, military benefits and health coverage, and custody arrangements involving potential military deployment. The firm represents both military members and their spouses, advocating zealously for their interests in the military divorce process.

Child custody and support matters receive careful attention. The firm handles initial custody determinations, modifications of custody arrangements when circumstances change (including changes related to military deployment), and child support calculations accounting for military compensation and benefits.

Paternity and adoption matters are handled by the firm as well. Premarital agreements (prenuptial agreements entered into before marriage) and post-divorce modifications represent additional service areas. The firm also assists military members and family members with the full range of family law issues unique to the military context.

What particularly distinguishes the Law Offices of Scot Sikes is the founder's genuine military background and understanding of military culture. Scot Sikes is not a civilian attorney who has studied military law; he is a retired military officer with over twenty-one years of personal military service and over a decade of active service as an Army Judge Advocate. This personal military experience, combined with his military legal training and subsequent legal education, provides unparalleled understanding of military divorce issues.

The firm's work has earned significant recognition. Scot Sikes' cases and legal work have been featured in major national media outlets including CNN, Fox News, The New York Times, ABC, NBC, and CBS, reflecting the significance and complexity of some of his military family law cases.

The firm offers free consultations to prospective clients—an opportunity to discuss your military family law matter confidentially and learn about the firm's approach to representation.

Whether you are a military member facing divorce, a military family member seeking custody protection, a military retiree addressing marital dissolution, or anyone with military family law questions, the Law Offices of Scot Sikes offers the unique combination of military background, military legal experience, and family law expertise that military divorce matters demand. Scot Sikes' over twenty-one years of military service, his decade-plus of experience as an Army Judge Advocate, his multiple roles in military legal practice, his founding of the firm in 2006 to serve the Fort Moore military community, and his national media recognition all make the Law Offices of Scot Sikes the right choice for military family law representation. Contact the Law Offices of Scot Sikes at 706-494-6900 to schedule your free consultation with an attorney who combines military service experience with professional family law expertise and genuine commitment to serving the military community.