Another Snow Day and a Litigator's Lament in Atlanta
“This is the third appellate argument in a row I have had postponed because of climate.” —Laurie Webb Daniel, chair of Holland & Knight's national appellate team.
January 17, 2018 at 08:50 PM
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Atlanta litigators are getting a second straight snow day—whether they want it or not.
After tweeting a “snow day” message carved in ice on Wednesday, the State Bar of Georgia posted a happy snowman on its Twitter page late in the day announcing offices would be closed again Thursday. Twitter also revealed messages from the Georgia Supreme Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals canceling their calendars for Thursday, following the announcement by Gov. Nathan Deal that state offices would be closed for a second straight day for all of the state north of a line running from Columbus through Macon to Augusta.
Atlanta Municipal Courts also tweeted their closure for Thursday.
Not everyone is happy to miss another day in court.
When the weather turned, Laurie Webb Daniel, chair of Holland & Knight's national appellate team and leader of the firm's Atlanta litigation practice, was set for oral arguments Wednesday at the Georgia Court of Appeals.
“This is the third appellate argument in a row I have had postponed because of climate,” Daniel said in an email Wednesday.
In September, the effects of a hurricane—in landlocked Atlanta—disrupted her plans to argue at the Georgia Supreme Court over the double standard on spoliation in the Cooper Tire case. Then an argument in the Georgia Supreme Court scheduled for Jan. 8 on the res judicata doctrine was postponed—“supposedly due to weather but in my view because the Bulldogs were playing in the national championship that day,” Daniel noted. State and city officials shut down over forecasted freezing rain that never materialized, but they made for a light traffic day for Alabama v. Georgia around Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
On Wednesday, Daniel was prepared to challenge a $20 million verdict at the Georgia Court of Appeals.
“Do you have any idea how it feels to get prepared and revved up for an intense OA just to get a notice like this only hours before? And three times in a row? Crazy!!!” Daniel said.
She was referring to a message from the calendar clerk canceling the arguments. “The Clerk's office will keep you notified regarding the rescheduling of oral argument,” the notice said.
Daniel's plans instead included a milelong walk through the snow from her home to her office in Midtown. “And it's really pretty,” she said.
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