Editor’s note: In the Dec. 12 Daily Report, employment discrimination lawyers A. Lee Parks Jr. and Edward Buckley wrote about the “vanishing” jury trial in employment discrimination cases, which they said is a result of Georgia’s magistrate referral system. Few discrimination cases survive the magistrates’ summary judgment process, they wrote, tilting the playing field in favor or employers. Randy C. Gepp,who sometimes defends these cases, responds below.
Several prominent lawyers representing employees in discrimination lawsuits have recently published articles claiming that the right to trial by jury is being eroded in the Northern District of Georgia. These articles imply that the process utilized in the Northern District results in fewer jury trials then the law permits.
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