Katheryn Tucker

June 13, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Upon her swearing in, Holmes, 43, will become Cobb's first female and first African American DA. She broke the same barrier when the Cobb County Superior Court appointed her chief magistrate.

By Katheryn Tucker

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June 12, 2019 | Daily Report Online

“Judge Boulee has made Georgia and the United States proud during his service as a Judge Advocate General in the U.S. Army and as a judge in DeKalb County, where he has worked to help our country's veterans," said Sen. Johnny Isakson.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

June 12, 2019 | Daily Report Online

James Merritt put on a seersucker suit and bow tie for the trial in Glynn County Superior Court. His friends said he looked like Ben Matlock.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

June 12, 2019 | Daily Report Online

“Georgia simply cannot continue to have one of the nation's worst rates of maternal mortality,” said Georgia House Speaker David Ralston.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

June 11, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Justice Charlie Bethel quoted from former Justice George Carley's dissent in Waldrip. Carley said the majority opinion “constitutes blatant judicial usurpation of the legislative function, and cannot be considered to be the legitimate exercise of inherent judicial authority.”

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

June 11, 2019 | Daily Report Online

“In 1974, as Governor of Georgia, I followed my best instinct and appointed Harris Hines to be a judge for the State Court of Cobb County,” former President Jimmy Carter said. “Although he had previously supported my opponent in a contentious election campaign, I felt he was the best person for the job.”

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

June 10, 2019 | Daily Report Online

State Board of Pardons and Paroles member and former Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys president Jacqueline Bunn was presented with the Thomas Burnside Jr. Excellence in Bar Leadership Award at the State Bar of Georgia Annual meeting in Orlando.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

June 07, 2019 | Daily Report Online

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit invited “members of the bar and the public” to “to submit written comments for consideration by the Court of Appeals concerning the reappointment” of these four bankruptcy judges.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

June 06, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers with Kline & Specter in Philadelphia said late Friday they won a $3.38 million award after a two-week medical malpractice trial before Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Erdos.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

June 04, 2019 | Daily Report Online

“Mr. Evans will be further expanding RNLA's Georgia Chapter, including growing a rotation of Republican lawyers throughout Georgia to assist with voter protection and election law issues,” Regional Political Director Robert Sinners said.

By Katheryn Tucker

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