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Katheryn Hayes Tucker is an Atlanta-based reporter covering legal news for the Daily Report and other ALM publications.
July 28, 2022 | Daily Report Online
"We try to handle the kind of cases that will make a difference to a lot of people—not just our clients," said Darren Penn of Penn Law.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker
4 minute read
July 26, 2022 | Daily Report Online
The lawsuit starts the process of taking the issue to the Georgia Supreme Court, which is guided by a state constitution that many scholars and lawyers say has stronger protections for privacy than the U.S. Constitution.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker
8 minute read
July 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online
The plaintiffs' legal team includes: Mahaffey Pickens Tucker's Steve Pickens, Matthew Benson and Jessica Pickens, as well as The Summerville Firm's Darren Summerville, plus his wife Madeline Summerville of Georgia Trial Consulting as jury consultant. "It was a team effort," Steve Pickens said.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker
4 minute read
July 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Judge Rachel Krause allowed the lawyers to use an online juror questionnaire followed by virtual one-on-one questioning that streamlined the process while minimizing crowd size.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker
3 minute read
July 21, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Litigants and court-watchers said they do not expect the language chosen by Chief Judge William Pryor Jr. to undermine the legal validity of the opinion, given the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn the right to access abortion services.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker
6 minute read
July 21, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Even the lawyers expressed confusion over when Georgia's abortion ban will take effect. So the federal appeals court issued a second ruling, saying it's already done.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker
6 minute read
July 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Eleventh Circuit Chief Judge William Pryor ruled in favor of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr supporting not only the abortion ban but the provision of the law that endows embryos with the legal status of "personhood."
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker
7 minute read
July 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online
"The ultimate goal is to seek justice, not to bring glory on yourself or your agency or your office. It's to make sure in the end what is fair and right is done," said GBI Director Vic Reynolds, who awaits installation as a Cobb County Superior Court judge.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker
4 minute read
July 18, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Newly installed Chief Justice Michael Boggs is the first former trial judge to lead the state's high court since the late Chief Justice P. Harris Hines.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker
6 minute read
July 18, 2022 | Daily Report Online
DeKalb County Magistrate Court Judge Nora Polk will succeed Judge Linda Warren Hunter on the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker
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