Georgia

Prosecutor reveals in interview how he helped clear Richard Jewell’s name in Olympic bombing investigation

Lawyer Randy Maniloff talks to Kent Alexander, a former U.S. attorney, who says the Richard Jewell case offers an opportunity for law enforcement and the media to step back and consider: “How fast do we need the news, when does the suspect’s name need to be outed, and what kind of effect does a rush to judgment have on an individual?”

Feb 13, 2020 12:49 PM CST

Lawyer is suspended after he is accused of misleading and bullying judge

The Tennessee Supreme Court has suspended a Georgia lawyer after a hearing board found that he misled an administrative law judge and bullied her during his representation of a methadone clinic.

Feb 13, 2020 10:18 AM CST

Afternoon Briefs: Law firm agrees to solicitation settlement; judge is accused of funds theft

Law firm to pay nearly $1M to drivers it solicited from crash reports Utah-based law firm Craig Swapp & Associates will pay nearly $1 million to thousands of Washington drivers it solicited as clients after buying crash reports from the state police. A federal judge in Washington gave preliminary approval…

Jan 31, 2020 3:23 PM CST

Tech company accused of bar-exam grading glitch has no liability in test-takers’ suit, 11th Circuit says

Law grads who were wrongly told that they failed the Georgia bar exam can’t recover damages against the software company they accused of producing the incorrect scores, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Jan 9, 2020 3:12 PM CST

2 sets of BigLaw firms confirm merger talks

If merger talks are successful between two sets of BigLaw firms, there will be two new entrants on the American Lawyer’s list of the nation’s 50 top law firms.

Nov 14, 2019 10:22 AM CST

Ex-lawyer who murdered his wife loses standing bid to dismiss estate’s wrongful death suit

A former lawyer convicted of murdering his wife can’t argue that his status as surviving spouse protects him from a wrongful death suit by the estate, a Georgia appeals court has ruled.

Oct 24, 2019 3:44 PM CDT

Lawyer disbarred after she’s accused of having romantic involvement with client and hiring detective to spy on him

A Georgia lawyer who cited the Fifth Amendment in an ethics case accusing her of inappropriate conduct with a client has been disbarred after the allegations were deemed to have been admitted.

Oct 11, 2019 11:20 AM CDT

Superior court judge who suspected DA hacked her computer is charged with computer trespassing

A superior court judge in Gwinnett County, Georgia, has been indicted on three counts of computer trespass for allegedly allowing outsiders to access the county computer system, reportedly to investigate whether the district attorney had hacked her computer.

Sep 19, 2019 1:24 PM CDT

Courts in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas announce closings for Hurricane Dorian

Several courts in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina already have announced closings as Hurricane Dorian approached off the coast. You can find state court closings here in Florida, here in Georgia and here in North Carolina. The South Carolina Supreme Court advises checking the State Emergency Management Division website or…

Sep 3, 2019 10:31 AM CDT

Ransomware attack hits this state’s court system; no specific ransom demanded

The effects of a ransomware attack on Georgia’s Administrative Office of the Courts were isolated to servers that provide case management and other applications, according to a spokesman for the office.

Jul 8, 2019 3:55 PM CDT

SCOTUS agrees to decide whether annotated state laws can be copyrighted

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether annotations of the Georgia state code can be copyrighted. The court agreed to decide Georgia’s appeal in its suit for copyright infringement against open law advocate Carl Malamud. Malamud had bought and scanned 186 printed volumes of Georgia’s annotated code and…

Jun 24, 2019 1:53 PM CDT

Judge accused of trying to cover up chronic tardiness and absenteeism

An Atlanta judge who was chronically late and persistently absent compounded her problems when she tried to cover it up, according to allegations in an ethics complaint filed last Wednesday. According to the Judicial Qualifications Commission, Municipal Judge Terrinee Gundy tried to conceal her tardiness and absences by causing the…

Jun 24, 2019 6:30 AM CDT

Lawyer bitten by shark endures the inevitable jokes

Georgia personal injury lawyer Gene Brooks is hearing lawyer shark jokes from colleagues and friends as he recovers from a shark bite that sent him to the emergency room. Brooks, a Savannah lawyer, says a shark bit him as he was swimming in the Wilmington River on Sunday, report Savannah…

Jun 19, 2019 12:31 PM CDT

Abortion law prompts more than 200 ABA members to protest plan to hold 2021 meeting in Atlanta

Updated: On Friday, the ABA Board of Governors will be discussing whether to move the 2021 ABA Midyear Meeting from Orlando, Florida, to Atlanta. In a letter sent on Tuesday, 243 ABA members urged the Board not to select Atlanta as an alternate site “in light of Georgia’s new draconian…

Jun 5, 2019 3:45 PM CDT

Former US attorney gives up his law license after he’s convicted for stalking

A former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia has surrendered his law license after his January conviction on two counts of aggravated stalking for harassing a former girlfriend. The Georgia Supreme Court accepted the petition by Richard Scott Thompson in a May 20 opinion, report the Daily Report…

May 22, 2019 6:30 AM CDT