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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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January 10, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Kemp Names DA for Houston Judicial Circuit and Four New Judges Statewide

William Kendall, who was the governor's choice for top prosecutor in the Houston Judicial Circuit, is a military veteran and most recently the chief assistant district attorney in the office he's about to lead.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

January 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'An Amazing Impact on Consumer Safety': Meet the Lawyer With Seven $100M Verdicts

"I don't think there's anybody close," one colleague said of Jim Butler, who secured a $127 million judgment for a seatbelt products liability case on the first Monday of 2022.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

January 04, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Fall Bench Trial Leads to $127M New Year's Verdict in Seat Belt Case

"The case has had a tortuous history," said the plaintiffs team: Tedra Cannella of Cannella Snyder; Jim Butler of Butler Prather; and Rory Weeks of Cannella Snyder, along with paralegals Cathy Huff and Beth Glen of Butler Prather.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

December 16, 2021 | Law.com

Tennessee AG Wins $96K Judgment Against Texas Law Firm Over Bus Wreck Lawsuit Solicitation

"These individuals—who did not even live or work in Tennessee—preyed upon victim's families while in the darkest days of their grief," Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III said.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

December 16, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Split Superior Court Panel Rules a Lateral Hire's Conflict Disqualifies a Whole Firm

The decision cements a standard for determining whether a firm should be disqualified for an individual lawyer's involvement with the opposing party.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | Aleeza Furman

5 minute read

December 15, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Butler Wooten & Peak Splits Into Three New Firms

Butler, Wooten & Peak is now Butler Prather. Also Peak Wooten McDaniel & Colwell. And Cannella Snyder.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

December 14, 2021 | Daily Report Online

New Year Brings New Leader at Southern Center for Human Rights

"I am absolutely thrilled to now pass the baton and make space for an extraordinary new leader, Terrica Ganzy," Executive Director Sara Totonchi said.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

December 14, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Beasley Allen Partner to Lead National Black Lawyers Top 100

As NBL president, Boone said he intends to "organize and utilize the organization's unique wealth of resources, making them more accessible and maximizing [its] benefits."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

December 14, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Diverse Group of Promotions Key to PGW Victory in Discrimination Lawsuit

A federal judge found that the plaintiff, who alleged he was denied a promotion to the role of supervisor in the field services department of PGW because of race, "concedes that the interviewers ultimately offered supervisor positions to a racially diverse group of candidates."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

December 13, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Judge Settles Ethics Complaint for $25K Fine, Still Faces JQC Probe

"The reality is we don't see a lot of these cases against judges," Georgia Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission Executive Director David Emadi said. "Judges need to be the best of us."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read