Onyema Anene Farrey

Founder and Managing Attorney

Meet Attorney Onyema Anene Farrey

When your family, your children, your business interests, and your financial future are on the line, experience matters. Strategy matters. Results matter.

Attorney Onyema A. Farrey is the Founder and Managing Attorney of Anene Farrey & Associates, a premier family law firm serving clients throughout Georgia. She is widely recognized for her courtroom advocacy, strategic thinking, and unwavering commitment to protecting what matters most to her clients—their families, their assets, and their future.

For more than a decade, Attorney Farrey has represented individuals in some of the most emotionally charged and financially significant legal matters they will ever face. Her practice focuses on complex divorce litigation, high-net-worth divorce, child custody disputes, child support matters, legitimation and fathers’ rights cases, prenuptial agreements, post-divorce modifications, and family law appeals.

Attorney Farrey has built a reputation for handling sophisticated family law matters involving business owners, physicians, attorneys, executives, entrepreneurs, professional athletes, entertainers, and other high-achieving professionals. She understands that for successful individuals, divorce is often about far more than simply ending a marriage. It can involve protecting business interests, preserving generational wealth, safeguarding professional reputations, securing parenting rights, and developing strategies that position clients for long-term success after the litigation ends.

Known for her commanding courtroom presence and meticulous preparation, Attorney Farrey approaches every case with a strategic mindset. Whether negotiating a favorable settlement or aggressively advocating in trial, her goal remains the same: to secure the best possible outcome while helping clients make sound decisions during some of the most difficult moments of their lives.

Her passion for advocacy began long before she became an attorney. Attorney Farrey earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Risk Management and Insurance, along with a Certificate in Leadership, from the University of Georgia. She later obtained both her Master of Business Administration and Juris Doctor degrees from Stetson University. During law school, she competed on nationally recognized trial advocacy teams and earned both state and national championships as a “Best Advocate,” distinctions that helped shape the trial lawyer she is today.

In addition to leading her law firm, Attorney Farrey has served her community through judicial service and legal education. She has served as an Associate Judge in Clayton County Magistrate Court and has previously taught criminal justice courses at the university level. These experiences have further strengthened her understanding of the legal system from multiple perspectives and enhanced the insight she brings to every case.

What truly distinguishes Attorney Farrey is her ability to combine fierce advocacy with genuine compassion. Clients often describe her as both a formidable litigator and a trusted advisor—someone who listens carefully, speaks honestly, and remains committed to protecting their interests every step of the way.

Today, Attorney Farrey continues to represent clients throughout Georgia in complex family law matters while leading a team dedicated to providing exceptional legal representation, personalized service, and strategic solutions. Her mission is simple: to help clients protect their children and businesses, preserve their assets, and move forward with confidence.

When she is not practicing law, Attorney Farrey enjoys traveling, dining at new restaurants, billiards, and spending time with family and friends.

Education

  • Stetson College of Law, Juris Doctor
  • Stetson University, MBA
  • University of Georgia, Risk Management & Insurance

Courts Licensed to Practice

  • State of Georgia
  • Georgia Court of Appeals
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Northern District of Georgia, federal court
  • Middle District of Georgia, federal court
  • 11th Circuit Court of Appeals

Published Court Opinions:

  • Calvert v. Calvert, 373 Ga. App. 689, 908 S.E.2d 332 (Ga. App. 2024)(Judgment affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.) – The trial court did not err in finding the father in
    contempt for failure to pay over $26k in child support arrears because the evidence showed that after the parties resumed living together, the parties did not come to an agreement regarding whether the father should continue to make child support payments.  Given that the father failed to request attorney fees before the final hearing, the trial court erred in relying on OCGA § 19-9-3 (g) to support the attorney fees award.
  • Ezunu v. Moultrie, 334 Ga. App. 270, 779 S.E. 2d 44 (Ga. App. 2015)(Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part, and case remanded with direction.) – A judge cannot abdicate the responsibility to determine the best interests of children by including a “self-executing” provision in an order that the children’s therapist has discretion to increase their father’s visitation in the future based on her opinion.
  • In re C.B., 353 Ga. App. 363, 837 S.E.2d 517 (Ga. App. 2019)(Judgment affirmed) – IVF case regarding the order of parentage issued by the trial court pursuant to the Option of Adoption Act, OCGA § 19-8-40.
  • Mitchell v. Capehart, 353 Ga. App. 461, 838 S.E.2d 125 (Ga. App. 2020)(Judgment reversed and case remanded.) – A motion to dismissed based on failure to state a claim is not proper in a child custody modification action when the allegations in the petition are sufficient to give respondent fair notice of petitioner’s claim.

Speaking Engagements:

    • CLE Presenter, Clayton County Bar Association
      • CLE Topic: Changes in Georgia Child Support Laws
      • March 2026
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    • CLE Presenter, Family Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
      • CLE Topic: Maximizing Social Media for Family Law Attorneys
      • April 2026
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    • CLE Presenter, Atlanta Bar Association CLE
      • CLE Topic: Getting the Most Financial Bang for Your Client’s Buck
      • Presentation Topic: Complex Income and Child Support Issues
      • August 2020

Radio Appearance:

  • Guest Radio Co-Host, Legal Expert on “Father’s Rights in Georgia,” Streetz 94.5 morning Takeover show – April 2017, June 2017
  • Guest Radio Co-Host, Legal Expert on Father’s Rights, NDO Internet Radio, June 2017
  • Guest Radio Co-Host, Legal Expert/DLA Law Day, 7 Porsche Fox Morning Show, May 201