Katheryn Hayes Tucker

May 03, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Despite the return of funds for the current fiscal year over the weekend in Washington, the legal aid funding problem looms, key players in that arena said Wednesday. "The crisis is not averted. Quite the contrary," said Steve Gottlieb, executive director of Atlanta Legal Aid. "We will see all summer about what happens the next year."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

May 03, 2017 | National Law Journal

In the pursuit of justice for victims of police shootings, Atlanta civil rights lawyer L. Chris Stewart has reached two milestones for his clients in North Charleston that he hopes will shape the future.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

May 02, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers who've pursued General Motors for years over covering up a deadly ignition switch defect are cheering a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week allowing many more lawsuits to go forward.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

9 minute read

May 02, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The tiny city of Helen—a faux Bavarian village in the North Georgia mountains—has won a victory in the Georgia Supreme Court, which held the popular tourist town could collect $17,000 for legal fees for a long-running land use dispute with a company that provides tube rides on the Chattahoochee River.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

May 01, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Judges who handle civil litigation and misdemeanors—through the Georgia Council of State Court Judges—challenged their own watchdog group—the Judicial Qualifications Commission—over a ruling saying judges could not file friend of the court briefs.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

April 19, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The long-planned new home for the Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals—the brick and mortar part of Gov. Nathan Deal's vision for the state's justice system—has a summer construction start date and a $122 million price tag.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

9 minute read

April 18, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta City Attorney Cathy Hampton will leave her job May 19 after six years as the city's top lawyer, Mayor Kasim Reed announced Tuesday.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

April 14, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The recent death of a judge in Chicago and others over the years highlight one ever-present risk for those on the bench.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

10 minute read

April 12, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Georgia's much-discussed rural lawyer shortage has not improved and is in danger of becoming much worse, lawyers and judges are saying.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

7 minute read

April 06, 2017 | Legaltech News

For lack of another way to contact the tech-savvy car service, two Butler Tobin attorneys in Atlanta spoke out via Twitter.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read