Three lawyers facing criminal charges over $3 million in private investigation work they did for gun maker Glock Inc. got a reprieve Monday from the Georgia Supreme Court.
The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a trial judge’s decision to dismiss kidnapping, sexual assault and murder charges in the death of a 12-year-old girl because prosecutors violated the accused’s right…
A federal judge in Georgia has ordered a Savannah-based law firm to repay all of the $1 million in assets improperly transferred from worker retirement and pension plans.
A longtime Georgia lawyer accused of stealing millions in settlement money from his worker’s compensation clients over a four-year period has taken a plea.
The intrigue surrounding a Georgia law firm took another turn this week when a title insurer sought to freeze a firm trust account for real estate transactions.
In the latest chapter in a contentious litigation saga over a commercial building dispute, a Georgia lawyer has been ordered to pay $10,000 in legal fees for the city of…
A golfer since he was 14 years old, Atlanta area attorney George Lawson says he has been fortunate enough to hit multiple hole-in-one shots in his lifetime.
Assigned by an unidentified Atlanta law firm to help a retired partner pay personal bills, a Georgia legal secretary took the opportunity to use his funds to cover $830,000 of…
A Georgia judge who discovered that her case manager had hidden more than 2,000 case files in a utility closet began hearing prosecutor recommendations on Tuesday about how to handle…
A now-disbarred Georgia lawyer accused of impersonating another attorney and practicing in that lawyer’s name after his own license to practice was suspended took a plea Wednesday.
A probate judge in Franklin County, Ga., has been indicted for misdemeanor sexual battery concerning alleged unwanted intimate contact with a county employee Aug. 16.
A county magistrate in North Georgia has resigned to put an end to an ethics investigation over his practice of distributing pre-signed, blank arrest warrants to local police.
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