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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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June 09, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Judge Makes Key Rulings in GM Ignition Defect MDL Case

Both sides scored points Friday as another bellwether ignition defect case against General Motors heads toward trial next month in Manhattan federal court.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

June 09, 2017 | Daily Report Online

What Worries Georgia's New State Bar President

As Fried Rogers Goldberg partner Brian "Buck" Rogers rolled with his family toward Jekyll Island for the State Bar of Georgia annual meeting to be sworn in as president, he talked about what worries him most.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

June 09, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Trump Tweets: King & Spalding Lawyer to Head FBI

President Donald Trump tweeted his choice for the new FBI director Wednesday morning – former prosecutor Christopher Wray, now with Atlanta's King & Spalding.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker and Katelyn Polantz

21 minute read

June 08, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Challenges 'Turned Out to Be Highlights,' Bar President Says

The State Bar of Georgia's outgoing president, Patrick O'Connor, reflects on his term as he prepares to deliver his final speech and hand over the gavel.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

June 08, 2017 | Daily Report Online

High Court, Reversing a Reversal, Says Judge Was Not Out of Line

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Todd Markle has gone from reversed to vindicated as a case before him moved from one arena to another on appeal.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

June 06, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Who is Titus Nichols? The Augusta Lawyer Defending Reality Winner

The 25-year-old government contractor charged with sharing a secret report on Russian interference in the American presidential election has an Augusta criminal defense attorney who is also a judge advocate general in the U.S. Army. That military connection is how Titus Nichols became Reality Winner's lawyer.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

June 05, 2017 | Daily Report Online

$35M Verdict Reinstated in Six Flags Case

The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated a $35 million verdict for the family of a man severely brain damaged by a gang attack as he left Six Flags Over Georgia.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

June 02, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Art Gallery Investigation Leads to DA Handing Out Checks

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard ceremoniously handed out checks at his office on Pryor Street Thursday while artists and their lawyers watched, concluding an investigation into the world of a prominent art dealer with a gallery a few miles uptown on Miami Circle in Buckhead.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

June 01, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Sex Abuse Suit Filed Against Boy Scouts in Athens

A lawsuit filed in Athens has alleged a "systematic and pervasive cover-up" of sexual abuse of Boy Scouts by leaders of the regional and national organization and sponsoring churches.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

8 minute read

May 31, 2017 | Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Says DA Not Immune From Lawsuits

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has denied Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard's claim of "absolute immunity" from a lawsuit.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

7 minute read