Katheryn Tucker

April 06, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"He had a biting sense of humor that I loved. He never made disagreement personal. Left me with a million good stories. I'm so sad," Judge Brian Rickman said of his friend and former colleague, Judge Gary Blaylock Andrews.

By Katheryn Tucker

5 minute read

April 06, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Carla Wong McMillian will move up to the Georgia Supreme Court. Macon Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Verda M. Colvin will fill McMillian's old job.

By Katheryn Tucker

7 minute read

April 03, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"We've sent our judges an advisory that you need a permanent succession plan, because you're fine today, but it could be you tomorrow," said Council of Probate Court Judges of Georgia executive director Kevin D. Holder. "I think that's where this story is about to head."

By Katheryn Tucker

7 minute read

March 31, 2020 | Daily Report Online

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is now considering for clemency release individuals currently serving for nonviolent offenses who are within 180 days of completing their prison sentence. The majority will be released to community supervision, Chairman Terry Barnard said.

By Katheryn Tucker

5 minute read

March 31, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Brian Kemp now has shortlists of candidates to replace Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell, plus Southern Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge James G. Tunison Jr.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

March 30, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"If ever there was a question that ought to be resolved once and for all, it is whether this school district shortchanged these teachers unlawfully," DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gregory A. Adams said.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

March 30, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"This is the very reason that we are asking state and local officials to implement procedures to protect all people who are in our prisons and jails from being exposed to and contracting the COVID-19 virus," ACLU of Georgia executive director Andrea Young said after a prisoner died and 20 were reported sick.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

March 27, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Brian Kemp gave the Georgia Supreme Court a second woman of nine justices, and a first Asian Pacific American. Then he turned to the Court of Appeals.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

March 26, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"Disruption of the routine, combined with the enormous stresses of this crisis, is a recipe for disaster for those with addictions," Judge Tain Kell said. "We knew we owed it to our participants to find a way to continue their treatments and fulfill our responsibilities, and to do it quickly."

By Katheryn Tucker

7 minute read

March 26, 2020 | Daily Report Online

"It was probably one of the last civil jury trials we're going to see for a little while, given the COVID-19 outbreak and the shutting down of courthouses across the state," said winning plaintiffs counsel M. Chase Swanson of Jones & Swanson.

By Katheryn Tucker

6 minute read