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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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August 18, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Ex-CEO, Represented by U.S. Attorney Nominee, Gets Prison

Angelo Alleca, the former CEO of Atlanta-based Summit Wealth Management, has been ordered to pay back millions to investors and spend eight years in federal prison. But it appears things could have been worse for him without a strong defense—from the lawyer nominated to be Atlanta's next federal prosecutor.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

7 minute read

August 17, 2017 | Daily Report Online

EEOC Sues Life University for Race Discrimination

The Atlanta office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Thursday it has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Life University in Marietta, the largest chiropractic college in the country.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

August 17, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Diverse Dallas Lawyers Denounce White Supremacy and Anti-Semitism

Diverse groups of Dallas lawyers have come together to forcefully denounce the white supremacy, anti-Semitism and violence that led to the death of legal assistant Heather Heyer and the injury of 19 others last weekend.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

August 17, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Georgia AG to Lead National Bipartisan Effort to Fight Elder Abuse

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said Thursday he will help lead a national bipartisan effort to stop abuse of older Americans.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

August 17, 2017 | Daily Report Online

As Eclipse Looms, Georgia AG Warns of Counterfeit Glasses and Some Courts Close

As Georgians prepare to watch the moon block the sun totally over the northeast corner of the state Monday afternoon—and 97 percent in the Atlanta area—Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr offered some advice Thursday.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

August 17, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Savannah Jury Returns $4.48M Medical Malpractice Verdict

A jury in Savannah has awarded $4.475 million to a widow whose husband died in a Reidsville hospital the night after spinal fusion surgery.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

August 17, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Judge Quits Over Facebook Posts Ripping Protesters of Confederate Monuments in Charlottesville

The Gwinnett County magistrate judge who posted Facebook insults over the weekend to protesters concerned about Confederate monuments in Charlottesville was off the job permanently by Wednesday evening.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

August 15, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Governor, U.S. Attorney, GSU to Host 'Released' Premiere

The premiere, which will be followed by a panel discussion including some of the people who appear in the 45-minute documentary.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

August 12, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers Trade Volleys in Appeal of $150M Chrysler Verdict

As their battle heads to the Georgia Supreme Court, lawyers for the family of Remi Walden and the maker of the Jeep vehicle in which he died have filed briefs framing two dramatically different views of the same trial.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

13 minute read

August 11, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Eleventh Circuit Boosts the Right to Say No to Unwanted Phone Calls

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has issued a ruling bolstering the right of say no to unwanted phone calls.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read