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July 15, 2009 | Daily Report Online

In more than eight years on the bench, DeKalb County State Court Judge Janis C. Gordon had witnessed a troubling trend: men jailed for domestic violence would be released from custody just as likely to batter their spouses and partners as before.Gordon would have had to accept the problem as one a judge can observe from her courtroom but not fix had she not found an unexpected $120,000.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

March 13, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Southern Broadcasting Cos., a client of Mallernee Branch partner Rollin E. Mallernee II, is selling out to Atlanta broadcasting giant Cox Radio Inc. But that doesn't mean Mallernee is losing a client. Southern Broadcasting agreed to sell six radio stations in Athens to Cox Radio for $60 million. Mallernee has represented Southern Broadcasting since the mid-1980s, when Paul Stone co-founded the company.

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

December 22, 2005 | Daily Report Online

Andy [email protected] lawyer for an airport architectural firm suing the city of Atlanta for $60 million thinks Fulton County's new business court is the ideal venue to resolve the matter.But Charles Walker "Chip" Ingraham has hit a wall in getting to the new court, which was formed to speed major business fights through the backlogged Fulton County Superior Court: It's voluntary.

By Andy Peters

4 minute read

July 16, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Kenneth B. Hodges III has a long list of achievements that he touts from his days as district attorney in Albany, such as being co-prosecutor on the murder conviction of former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey. On the civil side, Hodges has litigated dozens of cases in state and federal courts.In the Democratic primary for attorney general, however, his rival, state Rep.

By Andy Peters

13 minute read

April 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

September 13, 2010 | Daily Report Online

A working draft of rules to govern the electronic filing of court documents, under consideration by a special committee of the State Bar of Georgia, allows for the unprecedented sealing of court records by litigants, according to a media lawyer.Additionally, the draft rules provide power to private technology vendors that could prove detrimental to the courts, lawyers, the public and the news media, according to Peter C.

By Andy Peters

10 minute read

March 12, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

April 13, 2009 | Daily Report Online

With Thurbert E. Baker's announcement that he'll raise money for a potential campaign for governor, attorneys across the state are eyeballing an extremely rare opportunity in Georgia-an election for attorney general with no incumbent.No attorney general has been elected to an open seat since 1942, when Ellis G.

By Andy Peters

6 minute read

August 02, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

5 minute read

March 04, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

12 minute read