Katheryn Hayes Tucker

January 10, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The appeal focuses on whether a nurse should have been allowed to testify after she was left off the witness list in a medical-malpractice trial.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

7 minute read

January 07, 2017 | Daily Report Online

When Gov. Nathan Deal's declared winter storm state of emergency began at noon Friday, he was in the packed chambers of the Georgia House of Representatives taking care of some previously scheduled business: swearing in the new chief and presiding justices of the Georgia Supreme Court.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

13 minute read

January 05, 2017 | Daily Report Online

As Georgia Supreme Court Justice Harold Melton becomes presiding justice in a ceremony Friday, he also signifies a coming of age for the high court's younger generation.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

January 04, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Supreme Court Justice P. Harris Hines — who will become chief justice in a ceremony Friday — is known for his gentle manners and friendly nature. But in an interview in his chambers last month, he revealed a lesser known side: He's competitive.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

10 minute read

January 03, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Nathan Deal seemed to take delight in swearing in Macon Circuit Superior Court Judge Tilman "Tripp" Self III to a new job on the Georgia Court of Appeals starting this month.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

January 03, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Former state senator from Dalton and now Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Charles Bethel had a simple answer to a pre-new year question of what to call him, senator or judge? "Charlie works just fine. My mother's been calling me that all my life."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

7 minute read

December 30, 2016 | Daily Report Online

When Gov. Nathan Deal swore in Solicitor General Britt Grant as a Georgia Supreme Court justice in December, he noted her weighty resume—but he added with a smile that the most important item was working in a congressional office. His.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

8 minute read

December 30, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Newly sworn in Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Clyde Reese II was the one to point out to the Judicial Nominating Commission that his resume was not like the other candidates.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

10 minute read

December 28, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Nels Peterson will have served in that position for one year when he becomes a Georgia Supreme Court justice in January.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

9 minute read

December 28, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Brian Rickman said this month that his first year on the job has been a humbling experience.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read