Katheryn Tucker

June 01, 2018 | Daily Report Online

“On Monday, Vice President Pence will swear me in as the next United States Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg subject to acceptance by Grand Duke Henri,” Randy Evans said in a letter to the governor Thursday

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May 31, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Ford's lawyers have asked the judge to erase from the record opposing counsel's 64-page motion and brief urging sanctions against the automobile maker for alleged misdeeds, saying the document contains "irrelevant invective and false accusations."

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May 31, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

A state official has asked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for a legal opinion on interpreting prepaid funeral contracts, and invited other government and industry entities to weigh in.

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May 30, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission is taking names for five more Superior Court openings for around the state that Gov. Nathan Deal will make before his last term runs out at the end of the year.

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May 25, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Nathan Deal's Judicial Nominating Commission has given him a shortlist of recommended candidates to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of…

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May 25, 2018 | Daily Report Online

It was a heated contest. But on Tuesday, Ken Hodges, 52, a former district attorney in Albany who worked as a prosecutor for 15 years and a civil trial lawyer for the last 12 years, defeated trial lawyer and former state bar president Ken Shigley, 67, with nearly 70 percent of the vote.

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May 24, 2018 | Daily Report Online

It was a long wait. President Donald Trump nominated Randy Evans to the position last September. His confirmation hearing was in November. His nomination expired at the end of the year without a vote. Trump nominated Evans for the post again in January.

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May 23, 2018 | Daily Report Online

A former medical examiner pleaded guilty in federal court to giving prescriptions for opioid drugs to women with whom he was romantically involved and who then sold them, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta announced Wednesday.

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May 23, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Supreme Court Justice Britt Grant, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, sailed through her U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday.

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May 22, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Lewis Lamb will fill the vacancy created by the passing of Plez Hardin. Hardin was found dead in his pickup truck on April 8, a single gunshot wound to his chest.

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