R. Robin Mcdonald

December 13, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Elizabeth "Lisa" Branch appeared Wednesday at her confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

December 12, 2017 | Daily Report Online

After an 832-vote loss to Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta mayoral candidate Mary Norwood's lawyers are asking for a recount that includes hand counts of paper ballots, recanvassing electronic voting machine tallies, reconsideration of all provisional ballots and scrutiny of every voter certification form.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

December 11, 2017 | Daily Report Online

VOTERGA has asked Georgia's governor not to appoint attorney and part-time magistrate judge Clint Bearden to the superior court bench, citing his role in the arrest and prosecution of citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

December 11, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Toyota is battling to limit potential damages in a wrongful death case filed 23 years after the automobile manufacturer settled a personal injury case based on the same catastrophic injury and product liability claims.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

December 07, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Hundreds of cases stemming from a massive hack of Atlanta-based Equifax that compromised the personal and financial data of more than 145 million people, will be consolidated in federal court in Atlanta and presided over by the district's chief judge.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

December 06, 2017 | Daily Report Online

First Amendment lawyers say that the conviction of Georgia citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale for misdemeanor resisting arrest, even though she was cleared of felony obstruction and criminal trespass, could embolden more prosecutions of journalists gathering the news.

By R. Robin McDonald

18 minute read

December 01, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Unlike President Donald Trump's former campaign manager and senior aide, who are under house arrest following their indictment on charges that they conspired against the U.S. and acted as unregistered foreign agents for a pro-Russian government in the Ukraine, accused media leaker Reality Winner must remain in jail until her trial next year.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

November 30, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A homeless indigent man was jailed for 72 days after being charged with holding a "homeless please help" sign on a public sidewalk in Atlanta simply because he couldn't afford to pay the $200 bail required to secure his release.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

November 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A former Fulton County detention officer has pleaded guilty to accepting more than $7,000 in bribes from a bonding agent with Roswell's AA OK Bonds to recommend defendants to her bonding company.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

November 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Veteran criminal defense lawyer Don Samuel of Atlanta's Garland, Samuel & Loeb said he happily joined the team defending Claud "Tex" McIver against charges that he murdered his wife.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read