R. Robin Mcdonald

July 22, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted a former Habersham County deputy sheriff for providing false information for a search warrant that resulted in disfiguring injuries to an 18-month-old child known as "Baby Bou Bou."

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

July 17, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The chairman of the Judicial Qualifications Commission and its newly hired director on Friday rejected concerns that the director's ongoing role in a bar discipline case against the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives creates a potential conflict of interest for him and for the judicial disciplinary agency he will head.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

July 17, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The state Judicial Qualifications Commission has hired as its new executive director the special master presiding over the State Bar of Georgia's ethics complaint against David Ralston, the speaker of Georgia's House of Representatives.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

July 17, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The chairman of the Judicial Qualifications Commission and its newly hired director on Friday rejected concerns that the director's ongoing role in a bar discipline case against the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives creates a potential conflict of interest for him and for the judicial disciplinary agency he will head.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

July 17, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The state Judicial Qualifications Commission has hired as its new executive director the special master presiding over the State Bar of Georgia's ethics complaint against David Ralston, the speaker of Georgia's House of Representatives.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

July 16, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has rejected a Marietta lawyer's efforts to dismiss a federal agency's suit contending that his firm is little more than a litigation mill to collect millions of dollars a year from consumers who either don't owe the debts in question or may not owe the amounts claimed.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

July 16, 2015 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has rejected a Marietta lawyer's efforts to dismiss a federal agency's suit contending that his firm is little more than a litigation mill to collect millions of dollars a year from consumers who either don't owe the debts in question or may not owe the amounts claimed.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

July 15, 2015 | Daily Report Online

In a one-two punch challenging the authority of the state judicial discipline agency, the Council of State Court Judges has asked the Supreme Court of Georgia to override two opinions issued by the Judicial Qualifications Commission—one barring judges from weighing in on appellate cases as a friend of the court and one asserting that, except in rare circumstances, Georgia's courtrooms should remain open.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

July 15, 2015 | Daily Report Online

In a one-two punch challenging the authority of the state judicial discipline agency, the Council of State Court Judges has asked the Supreme Court of Georgia to override two opinions issued by the Judicial Qualifications Commission—one barring judges from weighing in on appellate cases as a friend of the court and one asserting that, except in rare circumstances, Georgia's courtrooms should remain open.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

July 14, 2015 | Law.com

A partner with a Lawrenceville health law boutique claims in a federal suit that he and three clients were ordered to leave a Houston's restaurant in Buckhead because they were minorities.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read