March 24, 2016 |
State Bar Considers Media Campaign to Defeat Amendment on Watchdog AgencyThe president of the State Bar of Georgia says he intends to recommend that the bar launch a media campaign to defeat a constitutional amendment that would place the state judicial watchdog agency under the control of the General Assembly and could mandate that it operate almost exclusively in secret.
By R. Robin Mcdonald
9 minute read
January 22, 2016 |
Corrected: Lawmakers Aim to Remake JQC, Remove State Bar's Appointment AuthorityThe Georgia House Judiciary Committee chairman on Friday introduced a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to abolish the state judicial watchdog agency and create a new one that significantly reduces the influence of the State Bar of Georgia.
By R. Robin Mcdonald
4 minute read
September 05, 2014 |
Ala. Judge Sidesteps Wife-Battery ChargesA federal judge from Alabama will enter a pre-trial diversion program to resolve a misdemeanor battery case against him that involved allegations he hit his wife during a fight at an Atlanta hotel.
By R. Robin Mcdonald and the Associated Press
2 minute read
January 31, 2014 |
The Big Grind: Judges, Lawyers Recall Epic CommuteU.S. District Senior Judge Charles Pannell Jr. was hearing a jury trial in Atlanta when the snowflakes began to fall on Tuesday morning.
By R. Robin Mcdonald and Kathleen Baydala Joyner
6 minute read
January 30, 2014 |
As Courts Close Again Thursday, Judges Recount Their Gridlock JourneysU.S. District Senior Judge Charles Pannell Jr. was hearing a jury trial in Atlanta when the snowflakes began to fall on Tuesday morning.
By R. Robin Mcdonald
4 minute read
July 09, 2012 |
Dress code in DeKalb court blocks lawyer from buildingDeKalb Recorders Court prohibits entry to anyone wearing shorts, tank tops, mini skirts and other informal attire
By R. Robin Mcdonald
7 minute read
March 18, 2003 |
Judge Wright Gunned DownFulton Superior Court Judge Cynthia D. Wright was shot early Monday morning outside her home in what police called a "domestic" incident.Ten hours later, Marcia Gibson, 50, accompanied by her lawyer Lynne Y. Borsuk of Decatur's Peters, Roberts, Borsuk Rubin, turned herself in to Atlanta police. Gibson faces charges of aggravated assault in connection with Wright's shooting.
By R. Robin Mcdonald, Richmond Eustis and Janet L. Conley
6 minute read
July 21, 2006 |
U.S. Clerk Leaves Legacy, Makes HistoryWhen Dan Thomas, the clerk of federal court for the Northern District of Georgia, and his staff began documenting the history of the 158-year-old court, he realized he might make a little history himself.
By R. Robin Mcdonald ALM
6 minute read
February 06, 2007 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Trial Enters Jury Deliberations PhaseIn concluding a $400 million racketeering case that seeks to strip accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers of its business license in Georgia, attorneys for the two brothers who sued PwC told jurors that the accounting giant aided a nursing home company in artificially enhancing its company profits as part of "a culture of genteel corporate corruption." But an attorney for PwC and PwC partner Glenn Williams argued before the jury that the brothers were briefed on all of the company's financial problems.
By R. Robin Mcdonald
8 minute read
February 06, 2007 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Trial Enters Jury Deliberations PhaseIn concluding a $400 million racketeering case that seeks to strip accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers of its business license in Georgia, attorneys for the two brothers who sued PwC told jurors that the accounting giant aided a nursing home company in artificially enhancing its company profits as part of "a culture of genteel corporate corruption." But an attorney for PwC and PwC partner Glenn Williams argued before the jury that the brothers were briefed on all of the company's financial problems.
By R. Robin Mcdonald
8 minute read
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