R. Robin Mcdonald

December 13, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Six years after his arrest by the FBI during a drug-fueled affair, disgraced former federal judge Jack T. Camp and the stripper he paid for sex spoke publicly for the first time last week about the relationship as witnesses in a federal criminal case.

By R. Robin McDonald

11 minute read

December 08, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia legislator who authored a constitutional amendment to remake the state Judicial Qualifications Commission says that "a mix-up" during drafting of the amendment and "last minute" changes will result in three separate watchdog agencies overseeing judicial discipline between now and July 1, 2017.

By R. Robin McDonald

16 minute read

December 05, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Judge Thomas Thrash said the company's executives and board of directors took steps to address data security—even if those steps turned out to be insufficient.

By R. Robin McDonald

10 minute read

November 30, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court of Georgia has ordered the state Judicial Qualifications Commission to reconsider its three-year-old advisory opinion that prohibits the state's judges from barring the public from their courtrooms except in rare circumstances. The court also found it has authority to review the watchdog agency's advisory opinions, even though it has never before done so.

By R. Robin McDonald

9 minute read

November 18, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Opinions on President-elect Donald Trump's selection of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general engendered intense reactions on both sides Friday, with supporters and former colleagues of the Alabama Republican confident, while several public interest lawyers framed the selection as highly problematic and likely to touch off a confirmation battle.

By R. Robin McDonald

14 minute read

November 15, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Power will pay more than $1.5 million to settle litigation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of two-dozen employees and job applicants who claimed the power company fired them or rescinded offers of employment because of medical disabilities which their physicians had attested would not affect their ability to perform their jobs, the federal agency has announced.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

November 15, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A senior judge in a North Georgia courtroom ruled Monday that judges in the state's Lookout Mountain Circuit did not have the legal right to depose Superior Court Judge Kristina Cook Graham as the circuit's chief judge, one of Graham's lawyers told the Daily Report.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

November 11, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The Southern Center for Human Rights is suing the mayor of Columbus, the chief judge of the city Recorders Court and his clerk on behalf of two indigent women who contend they were unconstitutionally jailed and denied court records necessary to challenge their convictions.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

November 10, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Former DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Becker says she believes Georgia voters' approval this week of a constitutional amendment abolishing the state judicial watchdog agency could nullify a consent order she signed last year agreeing never to seek judicial office again.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

November 09, 2016 | Daily Report Online

The author and shepherd of the constitutional amendment to abolish the state judicial watchdog agency and give the state legislature sole authority to recreate it said Wednesday that the enabling legislation currently in place is being rewritten.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read