Katheryn Hayes Tucker

February 04, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The annual address to a joint session of the legislature is held in the House of Representatives chamber, with the Senate entering by invitation.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

February 04, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Litigators Joseph Alonso and Dan Wirth along with paralegal Kathy Manning of Gregory Doyle Calhoun & Rogers handled the case for Stephens Inc. accusing a competitor of raiding its financial advisers.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

February 04, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Cobb Superior Court Judge C. LaTain "Tain" Kell told the Daily Report in a phone call he plans to take two months off to travel to the beach and the mountains with his wife, Sheri Kell, then start a litigation and mediation consulting firm.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

February 04, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It's the biggest bunch of balderdash anybody's ever tried to sell," Athens lawyer and former U.S. Rep. John Barrow said of case law made in Barrow v. Raffensperger.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

February 03, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Christopher Brasher's retirement announcement set off a chain of events that will undo the upcoming election and hand the job over for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to fill.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

February 02, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The law provides that a minor seeking "judicial bypass" of parental consent for abortion must face cross-examination and opposing testimony presented by parents, the local DA and a guardian ad litem appointed to represent the embryo.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

February 01, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Judge Christopher Brasher, 56, asked that his resignation be made effective Dec. 1. He also asked Gov. Brian Kemp to appoint him as a senior judge to allow him to hear cases on a part-time basis—as 10 others already do on Georgia's biggest and busiest court.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

January 31, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The key to the decision was a new law passed by the General Assembly and signed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp which says that during a public health emergency, health care contracts could not be terminated by insurers without 150 days' notice.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

January 28, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The van is the true focus of the lawsuits," said Chris Glover of Beasley Allen. "These vehicles are very dangerous."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

January 26, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Cobb County State Court and DUI Court Judge Eric Brewton swore in a new member of the State Bar of Georgia, Jacob Pruett. They first met under very different circumstances.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read