Ann Woolner

October 20, 1999 | Law.com

Georgia is the only state that does not mandate that the condemned have a right to lawyers for the habeas process. The idea behind representation is to ensure death row inmates' trials and sentencing meet constitutional standards of fairness before they are put to death. If the U.S. Supreme Court declared such a right, states would be forced to ensure that condemned inmates have competent legal representation for their habeas petitions. But the court recently turned downed the chance to make that ruling.

By Ann Woolner

9 minute read

October 26, 1999 | Law.com

By Ann Woolner

8 minute read

November 29, 1999 | Law.com

In one wild case, the judge feels so under attack that he keeps filing "statements" in the record to explain himself. The judge's statements answer such questions as whether his conduct in the case is politically motivated and why he appointed counsel at county expense to represent an inmate-plaintiff.

By Ann Woolner

14 minute read

January 12, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

For those who hoped to see errant corporate executives trotted out for trial, 2004 was a good year. In fact, it was historic. Never before have so many high-level executives of publicly traded companies been tried for corporate crimes in a single year. Sensational as it was, 2004 was just the warm-up act. 2005 will feature trials of former CEOs involved in some of the biggest corporate accounting disasters in U.S. history.

By Ann Woolner

5 minute read

August 02, 1999 | Law.com

If it's so hard to pass the Bar Exam, how come fake lawyers are taking years to be found out? Catching impostors is harder than you think, although Don E. Henderson sees no shortage of opportunities. Says Henderson, "I'm sure there are lots of them out there."

By Ann Woolner

7 minute read

October 13, 2004 | Law.com

The Coca-Cola Co., the odds-on favorite, should have won the competition. The Atlanta-based soft drink giant needs a new GC, a strong lawyer with a reputation for integrity and the experience to get the company through a quagmire of criminal investigations and regulatory problems. But when Larry D. Thompson, a former deputy U.S. attorney general with ties to Coke and Atlanta, entered the corporate counsel job market, it was PepsiCo that seized the opportunity.

By Ann Woolner

5 minute read

September 01, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

By Ann Woolner

5 minute read

December 13, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Charlie Crist reserved as one of his last official acts a posthumous pardon for 1960s music legend Jim Morrison.

By Ann Woolner

5 minute read

January 03, 2000 | Law.com

In her final column, Ann Woolner examines efforts to reopen decades-old murder cases as the white south' joins the black south' in a belated bid for justice.

By Ann Woolner

7 minute read