R. Robin Mcdonald

October 10, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A Sept. 29 decision by Georgia's newly-reconfigured Judicial Qualifications Commission to dismiss ethics complaints against a chief superior court…

By R. Robin McDonald | Daily Report

6 minute read

October 05, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday sued Roswell attorney Marc A. Celello, accusing him of knowingly participating in a massive Ponzi scheme while serving as general counsel for multiple limited liability corporations owned and operated by James Torchia, long a target of the SEC.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

October 05, 2017 | Daily Report Online

It was an opinion easily understood by any Tar Heel lawyer who knows the sky is really Carolina blue.“Control the clock, and you control the game,”…

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

October 04, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A hip implant device manufacturer that since 2011 has been a defendant in multidistrict product liability litigation on two coasts is augmenting a settlement…

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

September 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

In tandem with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Georgetown Law School lecture chastising the nation's college campuses for inhibiting free speech, the U.S. Justice Department waded this week into a First Amendment lawsuit against a metro Atlanta community college. o behalf of a Christian evangelical student.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

September 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The state Judicial Qualifications Commission on Friday dismissed ethics complaints against its former chairwoman, Appalachian Circuit Chief Judge Brenda Weaver, often attacking those who had complained of her role in the now-dismissed indictments of a North Georgia publisher and his lawyer.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

September 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The U.S. Senate late Thursday confirmed Atlanta attorney and former federal prosecutor Byung J. "BJay" Pak as the new U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta.

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

September 29, 2017 | Legaltech News

The state Judicial Qualifications Commission has dismissed four ethics complaints filed against its former chairwoman—Appalachian Circuit Chief Superior Court Judge Brenda Weaver—saying it found "no grounds" to discipline her over her alleged role in the indictment last year of a North Georgia newspaper publisher and his lawyer, according to the commission's report to the Supreme Court of Georgia.

By R. Robin McDonald | Daily Report

3 minute read

September 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge in Atlanta has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by a Roswell police officer fired for flying a Confederate flag in her front yard…

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

September 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The state Judicial Qualifications Commission has dismissed four ethics complaints against its former chairwoman, saying it found "no grounds" to discipline her.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read