Katheryn Tucker
September 11, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Special Education Teachers' Challenge Over Child Abuse Registry TossedPresiding Justice David Nahmias included the consolation embedded in other recent sovereign immunity decisions. While state officials can't be sued in their official capacities, they can be sued individually.
By Katheryn Tucker
4 minute read
September 11, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Outside Counsel Picked for Georgia Opioid LitigationThe team has bipartisan credentials and will work under a contingency fee arrangement. It includes: John Bevis of the Barnes Law Group, The Cooper Firm, Franklin Law and Beasley Allen.
By Katheryn Tucker
6 minute read
September 11, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Justices Revive Military Spouse's Request to Practice Law in Georgia“Harriet O'Neal took on this challenge because she knew it was about more than one person,”said Linda Klein of Baker Donelson. “She knew that it was about standing up for all those who will apply for military spouse waivers in the future and ensuring they face a process that is clear, fair and consistent.”
By Katheryn Tucker
4 minute read
September 10, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Upend Precedent, 11th Circuit Panel Urges in Pensacola Cross CaseA panel of three judges from the circuit court ruled Friday that efforts to keep the cross where it is loses out to precedent from a 35-year-old opinion. But then two of the panel's judges wrote separately to invite a reversal, saying their precedent is wrong. The opinions together totaled 82 pages.
By Katheryn Tucker
8 minute read
September 07, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Drug Conviction at Risk Over Defense Lawyer's 'Divided Loyalties'“Divided loyalties often prove to be a source of mischief in human relations. As this case illustrates, they also cause serious trouble for an attorney and his client,” Eleventh Circuit Judge Adalberto Jordan said.
By Katheryn Tucker
3 minute read
September 07, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Drug Conviction at Risk Over Defense Lawyer's 'Divided Loyalties'“Divided loyalties often prove to be a source of mischief in human relations,” Eleventh U.S. Circuit Judge Adalberto Jordan noted.
By Katheryn Tucker
4 minute read
September 07, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Pak Announces Pleas in $3.5M Sweepstakes Scam, Warns Seniors“These defendants stole the life savings of dozens of elderly victims and received more than $3.5 million,” U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak said.
By Katheryn Tucker
3 minute read
September 06, 2018 | Daily Report Online
AG Announces Gang Prosecution Network, Opponent Calls for More ActionAttorney General Chris Carr and his opponent in the upcoming November election, Charlie Bailey, expressed different ideas Wednesday about how to combat rising violence from organized crime.
By Katheryn Tucker
3 minute read
September 05, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Judge Bodiford Honored for Open CourtroomsJudge Jim Bodiford will be the honoree at the Georgia First Amendment Foundation's annual Weltner Award Banquet at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 17, at the Silverbell Pavilion of the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta.
By Katheryn Tucker
3 minute read
September 04, 2018 | Daily Report Online
'No drama. Just integrity': Justice Harold Melton Takes on Chief Role“Judges are intimidating people to me. They still are,” Harold Melton said after being sworn in as chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court.
By Katheryn Tucker
3 minute read
