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May 24, 2007 | Daily Report Online

LIKE BOOKENDS, there are two types of banks in metro Atlanta. On the small side are small community institutions. Go bigger and one finds the super-regional and national banks. Now a client of King Spalding partner Paul A. Quirs and Womble Carlyle Sandridge Rice partner Steven S. Dunlevie is looking to stake a claim in the middle ground.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

June 25, 2007 | Daily Report Online

AFTER SPENDING seven years as a juvenile court judge in central Georgia, Tom Rawlings is about to take on what a former DeKalb County district attorney says is the most difficult job in the state-leading the Office of the Child Advocate."It's a challenge to maintain your independence and stay out of politics but at the same time be watchdog and point out mistakes," said Balch Bingham partner J.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

December 01, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

January 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Election years tend to make lawmakers skittish about controversial issue, since their positions could provide ammunition for their opponents later in the year. But when the Gold Dome opens for business Monday, pressing matters about water, taxes, traffic and Grady Memorial Hospital, among other things, may force representatives and senators to make hard choices.

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

July 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge has ordered a defunct South Georgia road-paving company and its two owners to pay an insurance carrier at least $128.9 million for breaching contracts.U.S. District Court Judge Lisa G. Wood for the Southern District of Georgia on June 29 divided her order involving Douglas Asphalt Co. into two sections. She told the paver to pay nearly $89 million to Arch Insurance Co.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

January 26, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] honor Macon for outstanding work in building affordable housing for the poor and disabled, the state Department of Community Affairs last year gave the city's housing authority its coveted Magnolia Award.But Macon has a dirty little secret: It used eminent domain to condemn private property on which the government built housing for low-income people with physical disabilities.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

April 09, 2010 | Daily Report Online

A motion for a new trial for a Cartersville businessman on the losing end of a suit he brought against a company that financed his company's insurance policies is scheduled for a hearing in June.Floor Pro Packaging and company owner Casey Twilley said that after a 2005 fire gutted their Cartersville building, they attempted to file a claim on an insurance policy.

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

January 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

7 minute read

May 01, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters, Staff ReporterWhen the late Gene Autry moved his upstart Los Angeles Angels baseball team to Orange County in 1966, he rechristened the team the California Angels. Autry, a movie star who had founded the Angels in 1961, moved his team near Disneyland partly at the urging of his close friend, Walt Disney. Autry changed his team's name to give them a separate and distinct identity from the storied Los Angeles Dodgers.

By Andy Peters

9 minute read

May 01, 2008 | Daily Report Online

It's still possible to get a private equity deal done these days, said Walter E. Jospin, who chairs the corporate department at the local office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker. But as his recent work for Newnan Utilities shows, there is a lot more hand-wringing when it comes time to close.Private equity funds rely heavily on debt to finance acquisitions, teaming with investment banks and other lenders to purchase companies.

By Andy Peters

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