Chris Glover, managing attorney for Beasley Allen’s Atlanta office, said Monday the firm has been hired to investigate the death of Gwinnett County Senior Magistrate Judge Emily Powell.

She died Dec. 31 from injuries sustained on Dec. 20, when she was hit by a pickup truck while crossing a street in downtown Buford. She was on her way to a dinner with her husband, Tony Powell, a senior litigation partner with Powell & Edwards of Lawrenceville, and a friend of Glover’s.