Alexa Dato-Caudell

Background

Alexa Dato is an associate attorney with Meriwether & Tharp, LLC. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Alabama in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Spanish and Political Science as well as a master's degree in Public Administration. Following her family's move from Memphis, TN to Alpharetta, GA, Alexa attended law school at the University of Georgia.

Alexa became interested in working with families after spending three semesters with UGA Law's Family Justice Clinic, which provides legal aid to victims of domestic violence. Alexa continued her advocacy work as a member of the Moot Court team, placing as a Finalist in the National Online Moot Court Competition and participating in the Intrastate Moot Court Competition. During her time as a "Law Dawg," Alexa completed training to be a Neutral Mediator with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution and she clerked for the Honorable Chief Judge Eric Norris at the Superior Court of Athens-Clarke County.

As a family law attorney, Alexa has experience helping clients in a wide range of areas, including divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, equitable division of assets and liabilities, mediation and arbitration, modification of prior Orders, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, paternity and legitimation cases, and family violence actions. Alexa's former clients would describe her as resolution-focused, preferring to assist the parties in reaching an amicable resolution on their own terms before requesting intervention from the court. Alexa strives to be a dedicated advocate for her clients and employs creative thinking to find favorable solutions to resolve their cases whenever possible. Within Meriwether & Tharp, Alexa has been recognized for her contributions to the firm, receiving the 2023 Rookie of the Year Award and the 2025 Great Day Award, and she is dedicated to building strong relationships outside of M&T within her local legal communities.

Outside of the office, Alexa enjoys spending time with family at Lake Lanier and hanging out with her pug, A.J., and her cat Dolly, named for beloved humanitarian Dolly Parton.