Jonathan Ringel

January 19, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Formal Opinion 495 clarifies the risks for those lawyers working remotely in jurisdictions to which they are not admitted.

By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair

6 minute read

January 15, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"We overran multiple police barricades and swarmed the building," wrote W. McCall Calhoun, according to an FBI affidavit. Calhoun is represented by the federal defender office in Macon.

By Jonathan Ringel

5 minute read

January 15, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Calhoun said this week he was motivated by a belief that the election had been "stolen," despite dozens of courts, election officials and even Trump's attorney general, Bill Barr, rejecting these theories.

By Jonathan Ringel

3 minute read

January 15, 2021 | Daily Report Online

In Cobb County alone, over the past 10 months, we have held 7,508 civil hearings and closed 6,054 civil cases.

By Judge C. LaTain Kell

6 minute read

January 14, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Imagine the carnage, bloodshed and mass arrests that would have resulted at the Capitol if a violent mob of Black rioters, bent on insurrection, stormed the Capitol building while Congress was in session.

By Sam Starks

6 minute read

January 14, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Last year was terrible, but we can learn lessons about change and adapting.

By Jake Evans

5 minute read

January 13, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Americus lawyer said he did nothing wrong at the Capitol last week. The bar's general counsel says it "only has jurisdiction over lawyers in their professional lives, so the rules do not cover personal conduct, unless a member is convicted of a crime."

By Jonathan Ringel

6 minute read

January 11, 2021 | Daily Report Online

It is ironic that President Donald J. Trump may not be prosecuted because of First Amendment protections, but those who did exactly what they thought he asked them to do will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

By Anthony L. Cochran

5 minute read

January 07, 2021 | Law.com

Carr also claimed that Trump's lawyer violated a bar rule during Saturday's telephone call in which the president pressed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" enough votes for the president to prevail in Georgia, according to a recording of the call published by news outlets.

By Jonathan Ringel

5 minute read

January 07, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Truth and evidence matter in courts. And based on evidence and law, more than 60 courts and 90 judges have conclusively found that Trump's claims of voter fraud are baseless. That's the truth.

By Mike Kenny

4 minute read