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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May 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Here's Georgia's Legal Tab for Defending Its Abortion Ban

The state's outside counsel for the abortion battle is Consovoy McCarthy in Washington, D.C. The Consovoy team includes: Jeffrey M. Harris, Patrick Strawbridge and Steven Begakis.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

May 23, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Despite a Confession, DNA and a Witness, These Lawyers Persuaded a Jury to Find Ryan Duke Not Guilty of Murder

"No question about it, you had a great defense in this case," Tifton Judicial Circuit Judge William Reinhardt II told Ryan Duke.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

May 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'A Justice Who Loved People': Friends and Family Recall Legacy of the Late Chief P. Harris Hines

"Hard work, courtesy, integrity and kindness are the real legacy Harris leaves," said Helen Hines, wife of the late Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice P. Harris Hines.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

May 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Unintended Consequences': What Could Happen if Abortion Becomes a Crime?

Several district attorneys said they would not use a Georgia "heartbeat law"—expanding the concept of personhood—to prosecute women seeking abortion or their doctors or other helpers. But other DAs said they would.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

7 minute read

May 18, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Boggs Calls on New Lawyers to Serve Needs of People in Expanding 'Legal Deserts'

"Being from rural Georgia myself, being a litigator in rural Georgia but also having been a trial judge in rural Georgia, I can speak from experience that we truly have legal deserts in Georgia where our citizens have no access to lawyers at all," Presiding Justice Michael Boggs said.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

May 17, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Familiar Faces Pose Novel Question to Ga. Supreme Court in Insurance Contract Dispute

Troutman Pepper partner and former Chief Justice Harold Melton argued on behalf of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. Holland & Knight partner and Judicial Nominating Commission member Robert Highsmith, argued for Northside Hospital.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

May 17, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Understanding the 'Subtle Things': How Plaintiff's Counsel Took a Case With $73K in Medical Bills and Secured a $1.2M Verdict

Andy Conn of Harris Lowry Manton said he made a strategic decision to focus not on the medical bills but on the lifestyle damages during a trial in Cobb County State Court.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

May 13, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'A Wine This Court Will Not Serve:' Judge Blasts Perdue's Election Lawsuit as 'Sour Grapes'

A Fulton County judge called the petition "speculation, conjecture, and paranoia" falling far short of a valid demand for injunctive relief. A similar decision in a previous case resulted in a demand for attorney fees, which is still pending.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

May 13, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Someone Everyone Could Agree On': Portrait Honors Planned for Late Ga. Chief Justice Harris Hines

"In this age of divided and contentious politics, Justice Hines was someone everyone could agree on." said former President Jimmy Carter, who as Georgia's governor appointed Hines to the bench in 1974—"even though he had previously supported my opponent."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

May 10, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Kemp Names Two New Solicitors General to Prosecute Misdemeanors

Gov. Brian Kemp announced he has appointed Brooklyn Franklin to serve as solicitor general for the State Court of Long County and Luana Nolen to the new position of solicitor general for the State Court of Paulding County.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

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