Metro court says it could take till October to resolve backlog of cases over COVID-19
by Mike Petchenik – DeKalb County WSBTV Originally published on WSBTV.com For the first time in several months, some metro mun...
SCHR, Volunteer Lawyers Team Up to Represent Jailed Protesters
The Southern Center for Human Rights and newly formed Atlanta Justice Lawyers are coordinating to recruit and train lawyers to assis...
The Citizen’s Arrest Law Cited in Arbery’s Killing Dates Back to the Civil War
After Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead by two white men on a quiet residential road in coastal Georgia, a prosecutor cited a Civil War er...
Fourth Amendment Automobile Exception Hits Roadblock
Fourth Amendment Ruling on Warrantless Search In a stunning 8-1 ruling last week, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a warrantless s...
Georgia Supreme Court’s New Opinion Changes DUI Laws
Yesterday, in a long awaited opinion, Olevik v. The State, the Georgia Supreme Court’s new opinion changes DUI laws. In an opi...
Hiding Evidence
Hiding Evidence in a Criminal Trial I was reading the New York Times on Sunday when I came across this article about a woman wrongly...
On Being A Lawyer
On Being a Lawyer I want to share with you something very important, the reason I became a lawyer. My grandfather, Coleman Zimmerman...
Lawyers and the News Media
Lawyers and the News Media “The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.” –George Orwell In Pat...
Leanna Harris Now a ‘Target’ in Public Eye Say Lawyers
Leanna Harris, the mother of a toddler killed in a hot car tragedy, is feeling intense public scrutiny and judgment. DEFENSE EXPERTS...
New Trial in Tainted Conviction
PROSECUTOR WITHHELD knowledge that alleged victim recanted key testimony in child molestation case GREG LAND | gland@alm.com A NEW T...