Katheryn Hayes Tucker

September 27, 2017 | National Law Journal

At a time when the country is engaged in an intense dialogue on race relations, a recently released biography tells the story of the first African-American woman to serve as a chief justice on any state supreme court.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

8 minute read

September 18, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia Supreme Court's Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism has named a new executive director: attorney Karlise Yvette Grier.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

8 minute read

September 18, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today said Monday he has joined a bipartisan coalition of 37 states and territories urging health insurance companies to use their power to discourage doctors from prescribing opioids.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

September 18, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform sent out a scathing review Monday of Georgia as a litigation venue.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

September 15, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has denied a Florida couple's request to rehear a case that deeply divided the judges over what constitutes a legal police search.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

September 14, 2017 | Daily Report Online

President Donald Trump's pick to become U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia is an Augusta trial lawyer who is also a part-time magistrate, a judge advocate general and colonel in the Army National Guard and a former prosecutor who is one of the few to win a murder conviction without the body of the victim.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

7 minute read

September 13, 2017 | Daily Report Online

If a ruling by the Georgia Court of Appeals stands, a homeowner who claims her television exploded and caused a fire that killed her husband and son will never get a chance to take her case to a jury.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

September 11, 2017 | Legaltech News

Artur Sargsyan has pleaded guilty to one felony count of criminal copyright infringement related to his ownership and administration of the file-sharing website.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

September 08, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The owner of the website Sharebeast.com, shut down by the FBI two years ago, has pleaded guilty to felony criminal copyright infringement by distributing and reproducing copyrighted works, U.S. Attorney John Horn announced Friday.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

September 06, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The map clearly shows the access to justice gap—including those much-discussed six rural Georgia counties with no lawyers—and gives a clickable snapshot of the rest of the state.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

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