Katheryn Hayes Tucker

July 04, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia Supreme Court has decided to take a look at Chrysler's appeal of a $40 million judgment, reduced from a $150 million verdict for the family of a 4-year-old boy killed when a Jeep gas tank exploded. The justices split over what questions to consider but granted the writ of certiorari Friday on two issues with which they are "particularly concerned."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

9 minute read

July 01, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The litigation attorney doesn't shy away from the topic of her kind of diversity—of economic circumstances and breaking out of family educational limits.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

10 minute read

June 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Friday that it will not prosecute most "turnstile jumping" cases and minor drug offenses, effectively eliminating 20,000 criminal cases a year.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

June 30, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit revealed a deep divide Wednesday over what constitutes a legal search.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

June 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

One trial stands out among many for Stephanie Parker of Jones Day in Atlanta. It lasted just under two weeks. The verdict was $2.54 billion. Yes, with a B.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

June 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A graduation ceremony of than 2,000 Georgia prisoners earning the diploma is a show of progress for the latest phase of Gov. Nathan Deal's criminal justice reform movement. And the governor gave the keynote speech.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

June 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Two lawyers who have launched campaigns for Georgia's 2018 gubernatorial election talk with the Daily Report about why they're running and what they bring to the race.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

June 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Stacey Abrams, 43, said she's been thinking about running for governor of Georgia since around 2011, but her resume reads like she's been preparing for it her whole life.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

June 28, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Georgia's attorney general and both its U.S. senators are cheering President Donald Trump for what they view as the beginning of the end of the Obama administration's Waters of the United States regulations.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

June 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Attorneys working to recover assets from the biggest Ponzi scheme in history have marked a milestone: a $23 million deal with the estates of Bernie Madoff's deceased sons.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read