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Katheryn Hayes Tucker

Katheryn Hayes Tucker

Katheryn Hayes Tucker is an Atlanta-based reporter covering legal news for the Daily Report and other ALM publications.

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March 08, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Justices OK 2 Paths for Recovery of Fees and Expenses for Winning Plaintiffs

The ruling "will have a beneficial impact on settlements," said Michael Terry of Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, who made the winning oral argument.

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4 minute read

March 08, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Sexual Abuse Survivor Litigation Scores a Win at Ga. Supreme Court

"This opinion revives the possibility of bringing closure and justice to many victims of child molestation and other wrongs who did not realize that a powerful entity knew the molestation was occurring but hid that knowledge to protect itself," said Michael Terry of Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, who made the winning oral argument. "Days like this make you remember why you practice law."

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March 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Breastfeeding Counselors Win Right-to-Work Challenge to Ga. Law

A 2016 law made Georgia the only state in the nation that licensed lactation consultants in this way, and would have forced hundreds out of work, lawyers for the non-profit said.

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4 minute read

March 04, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Legal Legends Turned Raconteurs Are Set to Share War Stories to Atlanta Bar Association Members

"They're who all criminal lawyers want to be," said celebrity divorce lawyer and legal commentator Randy Kessler of Kessler & Solomiany, who will moderate the panel.

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March 03, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Kemp Names New Superior Court Judge for Douglas County

Gov. Brian Kemp named a Douglas County ADA to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge David Emerson.

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March 03, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Judges Rule Emory Healthcare Cannot Compel Arbitration for a Baby's Med-Mal Case

Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard ruled that Emory Healthcare cannot force arbitration of a medical-malpractice case over an infant's death. He explained why and spelled out how the hospital could have succeeded.

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March 03, 2022 | Daily Report Online

What Should Go Into a Time Capsule for 2022? Here's What Georgia's Top Judges Picked

"The placement of this time capsule commemorates the completion of a project that broke ground in August 2017 and was dedicated in a ceremony on Feb. 11, 2020," Chief Justice David Nahmias said.

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March 01, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Lawyer Known for Fierce Defense of Ford Picks Up a Case for Chrysler

D. Alan Thomas has aggressively pushed the limits representing his clients. He's been warned, sanctioned and tossed out of court by Georgia judges but has always returned to fight again.

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February 28, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Good Case for Bad Faith': How a Denied Insurance Claim Came Knocking on the Door at Ga. Supreme Court

Jim Johnston is a "deal lawyer" who finds himself litigating an insurance dispute now pending at the Georgia Supreme Court.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

8 minute read

February 23, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Judges to Host Black Law Students' Moot Court Competition at Nathan Deal Judicial Center

Justice Verda Colvin was a member of the National Black Law Students Association when she was in law school at the University of Georgia. Now, she's leading judges to host the group's regional competition and mentor its members.

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