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June 24, 2020 | Daily Report Online

'A View Free of Hate': DeKalb Judge Reflects on Removal of Confederate Monument

"It felt so great to finally see it come down. It does not reflect us and our values," Judge Dax Lopez said.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

June 23, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Floyd Courthouse Reopens After 13 Workers Test Positive for COVID-19

Floyd County Superior Court Chief Judge J. Bryant Durham issued an emergency order for all 148 employees to undergo COVID-19 testing and then closed the courthouse for two weeks.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

June 22, 2020 | Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Ruling Hamstrings Heritage Groups' Fight Over Removal of Confederate Monuments

Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom, who authored the opinion, said that so-called injuries cited by the plaintiff Southern heritage groups were "pretty amorphous."

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

June 19, 2020 | Daily Report Online

'Erected to Intimidate': Confederate Monument Removed From DeKalb County Courthouse

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger had declared the monument a public nuisance and ordered the county to remove it.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

June 18, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Defense Lawyers Counter Prosecutor's Narrative of Rayshard Brooks' Death

A veteran criminal defense attorney and his partner and two former prosecutors are representing two Atlanta police officers charged with multiple felonies in the death of Rayshard Brooks.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

June 17, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Landmark SCOTUS Ruling Is Only the Beginning for Bostock's Discrimination Claims

"I think it's important to note that for Gerald, while this has been a very long journey, it is very much in the early days of his underlying case," said Thomas Mew of Buckley Beal.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

June 15, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Elated, Brilliant or Dangerous: Georgia's Legal Community Reacts to SCOTUS LGBTQ Opinion

What began as a pro se case by a child welfare services coordinator with Clayton County's juvenile court who was fired after he joined a gay recreational softball league became one of three cases on which the U.S. Supreme Court rested its landmark discrimination ruling.

By R. Robin McDonald

10 minute read

June 12, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Judicial Emergency Extended 30 Days as Courthouses Prepare to Resume Most Operations

Fulton County courts are also preparing for a "soft opening" on Monday.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

June 10, 2020 | Daily Report Online

As Fulton DA Race Heads to Runoff, Candidates Spar on Corruption Claims & Police Prosecutions

With most precincts counted, veteran prosecutor Fani Willis' lead is still short of avoiding a runoff with her former boss.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

June 09, 2020 | Daily Report Online

'True Advocate of Equality': Nation's First African American Probate Judge Dies at 78

Edith Jacqueline Ingram Grant, who served as Hancock County's probate judge for 36 years, was also Georgia's first black female judge.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read