R. Robin Mcdonald

June 27, 2017 | Daily Report Online

​The 2012 demand letter that Marietta attorney David Cohen sent to Waffle House Chairman and former CEO Joe Rogers Jr. in 2012 on behalf of Rogers' longtime housekeeper, Mye Brindle, was harsh. At issue before the state Supreme Court on Monday was whether Cohen committed a crime.

By R. Robin McDonald

11 minute read

June 26, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Fulton County's chief jailer said Monday that an emergency motion by county prosecutors claiming Atlanta attorney Claud "Tex" McIver is being afforded "preferential treatment" while incarcerated included "blatant lies."

By R. Robin McDonald

3 minute read

June 26, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Faced with a federal court challenge by several Atlanta artists, the city of Atlanta has agreed to halt enforcement of a city ordinance that officials had cited in threatening to obliterate publicly visible murals on private property.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

June 23, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Like hundreds of other people ticketed for traffic infractions in DeKalb County, Bobby Schroeder showed up at court and paid his fine. But personnel with DeKalb County Recorders Court told the state Department of Driver Services that Schroeder failed to appear, never paid up, and his driver's license should be suspended.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

June 22, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Nearly three months after a UPS corporate attorney was gunned down as she crossed Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta during morning rush hour, a Fulton County grand jury on Wednesday charged her suspected assailant with murder.

By R. Robin McDonald

2 minute read

June 21, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A federal racketeering suit filed against Atlanta's iconic strip club The Cheetah—that the club's defense counsel denounced as "false, spurious, and baseless"—has been dismissed voluntarily by the former dancer who filed it.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

June 21, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Attorneys for Atlanta attorney Claud "Tex" McIver have accused Fulton County prosecutors of intentionally withholding exculpatory evidence generated by Atlanta police that would belie the murder charges currently pending against McIver in an emergency motion filed in Fulton County Superior Court on Monday.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

June 20, 2017 | Daily Report Online

For the second time, a federal judge in Georgia has labeled as unconstitutional a North Georgia city's misdemeanor bail policy that allowed defendants…

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

June 19, 2017 | Daily Report Online

In an Alabama case championed by the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 that an Alabama Death Row inmate was denied his right to consult with a mental health experts in his 1986 capital murder trial.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

June 19, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The legacy of Marvin Shoob, a federal judge in Atlanta for more than 35 years known as much for his fearlessness as for his compassion on the bench, should be a promise from all who knew him to "do some good," his son urged family, friends, and members of the legal community at Shoob's June 16 memorial service.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read