R. Robin Mcdonald

April 17, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A public records fight between one of Atlanta's largest hospitals and a Jones Day partner spilled into the Supreme Court of Georgia Monday as Jones Day battled to reverse lower court rulings that have, so far, shielded hospital business transaction records from public scrutiny.

By R. Robin McDonald

31 minute read

April 14, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Four Atlanta attorneys with broad portfolios of civil rights, social and criminal justice cases have banded together to defend — free of charge — an apparently homeless man charged as the sole perpetrator of a rush-hour inferno that caused the March 31 collapse of a well-traveled section of I-85 through the heart of Atlanta.

By R. Robin McDonald

12 minute read

April 13, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Lawyers for a 76-year-old Atlanta lawyer accused of stealing from a longtime client say he suffers from dementia and scans show a "black hole" in an area of the brain that affects judgment and personality.

By R. Robin McDonald

11 minute read

April 12, 2017 | Daily Report Online

In a suit against the city, Tracy Woodard claims she was fired for complaining to superiors about the mayor's use of police funds and vehicles.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

April 12, 2017 | Daily Report Online

When Atlanta attorney Joseph Wargo and partner David Pernini first filed a federal whistleblower case against a private, for-profit university with campuses in Atlanta's northern suburbs, they had no idea the litigation would last more than eight years.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

April 11, 2017 | Daily Report Online

When Atlanta attorney Joseph Wargo and partner David Pernini first filed a federal whistleblower case against a private, for-profit university with campuses in Atlanta's northern suburbs, they had no idea the litigation would last more than eight years.

By R. Robin McDonald

12 minute read

April 07, 2017 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr.'s decision to take senior status has created another vacancy in Georgia for the White House to fill.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

April 01, 2017 | The American Lawyer

By Amanda Bronstad, Jenna Greene and R. Robin McDonald

63 minute read

March 31, 2017 | Daily Report Online

During the final week of the Georgia General Assembly's 2017 session, legislators approved an enabling bill redrawing the Judicial Qualifications Commission for the second time in a year, expanding and bifurcating the commission based on a model promoted by the American Bar Association and incorporating new transparency requirements.

By R. Robin McDonald

8 minute read

March 29, 2017 | Daily Report Online

After eight years of litigation, a federal judge in Atlanta on Wednesday dismissed an antitrust case against Delta Air Lines and AirTran Airways that had accused the airlines of illegally price-fixing when they first imposed passenger baggage fees that are now standard for the flying public.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read