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January 01, 2003 |

HealthSouth GC Bails Out

Illiam Horton has a good attitude. It's come in handy lately. In the space of one month this fall, Horton resigned from his post as executive vice president and general counsel of Birmingham-based HealthSouth Corporation; turned 44; and testified before the House energy and commerce subcommittee investigating a $2.7 billion accounting fraud allegedly perpetrated by his former employer. Asked a few weeks later about facing a congressional panel, Horton looks on the bright side, saying: How many people have t
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November 09, 2009 |

Judge resigns in letter to governor blasting the JQC

Appalachian Circuit Superior Court Judge Oliver H. "Harry" Doss Jr., the subject of a Judicial Qualifications Commission investigation into complaints of bias, inefficiency and abuse, said Friday that he would resign under threat of charges being filed against him.Doss announced he would resign on Dec. 5, his 65th birthday, in a three-and-a-half page letter to Gov.
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May 10, 2013 |

GOP Stars Clash on AG Role

Insurance companies' efforts to avoid investigation by the state ethics commission have grown into a battle over the proper role of the state attorney general. Randy Evans (above), for the insurers: the AG should not push his agenda over his client's position.
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September 26, 2005 |

Fall Hiring: It's a Wash

Same ol', same ol'. That pretty much sums up this year's placement of recent law-school graduates. Entry-levels hires in 2005 decreased at 10 firms, increased at 11 and remained constant at another seven among the firms surveyed.Perhaps a more telling predictor of Atlanta firms' futures, experts say, is a look at lateral associate hiring.
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April 17, 2008 |

With JQC trial looming, embattled judge resigns

Alapaha Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Brooks E. Blitch III, the target of both a Judicial Qualifications Commission misconduct proceeding and a separate FBI investigation, has agreed to leave the bench and never again seek or assume judicial office.Blitch's lawyers, led by former Gov. Roy E. Barnes, struck a tentative deal with the JQC on Wednesday after several hours of negotiations held at the offices of The Barnes Law Group.
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September 22, 2006 |

Supreme Court candidates woo supporters, search for funds

THE CANDIDATES for a contested seat on the Supreme Court of Georgia were busy this week seeking cash from friendly supporters and the endorsement of local prosecutors.In a speech to the Georgia District Attorneys' Association on Thursday, challenger J. Michael Wiggins renewed his charge that Presiding Justice Carol W. Hunstein was the most "liberal" justice up for re-election this year.
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September 24, 2010 |

Ethics violations alleged against judge in troubled Griffin Circuit

A divorce case in the troubled Griffin Circuit that figured in the abrupt resignations last spring of two Superior Court judges has now prompted a recusal motion and ethical questions about a senior judge who took over the case last summer. Attorneys for Janet Bell Crook, the defendant spouse in a two-year-old Fayette County divorce case, have asked Senior Judge G.
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January 19, 2011 |

Deal's JNC draws from diverse group

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March 05, 2008 |

In The Trenches: Top female Alston partner switches careers

After an entire career at Alston Bird, Pinney L. Allen has accepted a post as the head of school for the Atlanta Girls' School, launched eight years ago to offer a single-sex college preparatory education to girls in sixth through 12th grade. She starts the job July 1.Allen said she has been interested in education and women's issues for many years and decided that, at 54, now was the time to try something new.
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