The AJC reports that The Southern Center for Human Rights has filed suit against GPDSC, its director, the Circuit Public Defender, the District Attorney and others for the state of indigent defense in that circuit. The suit is brought on behalf of 8 indigent defendants, juvenile and adults individually and as representatives of a class […]
00admin/wp-content/uploads/SK-Logo-Black-White.pngadmin2014-01-09 13:21:452014-01-09 13:21:45Southern Center Files Suit in Cordele Circuit, Again, for State of Indigent Defense There
Yesterday, I assisted with an oral argument at the Supreme Court of Georgia. I was on the 2pm calendar (The Court usually sits in two sessions). As I often do when I have an afternoon calendar, I watched the 10am session online. I’ve written before about the value of watching other cases on the calendar […]
00admin/wp-content/uploads/SK-Logo-Black-White.pngadmin2014-01-07 15:19:352014-01-07 15:19:35Using the Ga. Supreme Court’s Website to Prepare for Argument / Stay Current on the Law
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Fulton County Sheriff may be held in contempt over the condition of the Fulton County Jail located in Atlanta. For the past several years, the Fulton County Jail has been under the supervision of the federal courts pursuant to a lawsuit involving inhumane conditions there. Things don’t appear to […]
On January 10, 2014, at noon, the Appellate Practice Section will host a luncheon at the Georgia Bar’s midyear meeting, at the Intercontinental Buckhead Hotel. The deadline for the early registration rate for lunch has been extended until January 1, 2014. The price for the luncheon until then will be $35. After that, the price […]
Judge Carla McMillian’s campaign for re-election is in full swing. The Augusta press ran a full interview last month. And Judge McMillian took some time out to speak to the Appellate Practice Section’s monthly luncheon, where she reflected on a year on the Court and shared her top ten lessons and tips from her time as […]
00admin/wp-content/uploads/SK-Logo-Black-White.pngadmin2013-12-09 07:47:022013-12-09 07:47:02Ct. of Appeals Judge Carla McMillian’s Ten Tips on Practice
In the past year, I have worked on a new category of appeal in an area that did not exist when I came out of law school and was in its infancy when I started focusing on appellate law. Those appeals have been in a Georgia administrative agency called the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board. […]
00admin/wp-content/uploads/SK-Logo-Black-White.pngadmin2013-12-02 08:01:112013-12-02 08:01:11Sex Offender Classification: A New Sort of Appeal for a Brave New World
Earlier this week, I had a court appearance in Camden County, Georgia. Camden County is as far South as you can go on I-95 in Georgia without being in the Jacksonville, Florida, area. We have family close to there. So, I took my four-year-old son with me for a little time with his grandparents while […]
My new favorite law blog is Judge Richard Kopf’s Hercules and the Umpire. Lately, it’s been the first place I click on my reader. His blog is conversational and offers a view of the Federal Court from the other side of the bench. A recent post of his was particularly spot on. It begins “For […]
00admin/wp-content/uploads/SK-Logo-Black-White.pngadmin2013-07-25 15:34:072013-07-25 15:34:07Court Reporters and Digital Audio Recording: Time for a Change?
Andrew Cohen at The Atlantic Monthly has a post up on how Georgia’s legislature created a law that spared the life (so far) of Warren Lee Hill, a man that the State has been trying to kill. It’s a must read if you are trying to teach someone the concept of irony. This past year, […]
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Annual Meeting of the State Bar of Georgia. On Thursday, I was part of a quartet of lawyers who delivered the criminal and civil update of significant cases from the 11th Circuit and Georgia Appellate Courts. Thursday, at the appellate practice luncheon, Georgia family law attorney […]
00admin/wp-content/uploads/SK-Logo-Black-White.pngadmin2013-06-26 17:40:522013-06-26 17:40:52Lawyer Recounts First Appearance and Victory Before SCOTUS
Southern Center Files Suit in Cordele Circuit, Again, for State of Indigent Defense There
/by adminThe AJC reports that The Southern Center for Human Rights has filed suit against GPDSC, its director, the Circuit Public Defender, the District Attorney and others for the state of indigent defense in that circuit. The suit is brought on behalf of 8 indigent defendants, juvenile and adults individually and as representatives of a class […]
Using the Ga. Supreme Court’s Website to Prepare for Argument / Stay Current on the Law
/by adminYesterday, I assisted with an oral argument at the Supreme Court of Georgia. I was on the 2pm calendar (The Court usually sits in two sessions). As I often do when I have an afternoon calendar, I watched the 10am session online. I’ve written before about the value of watching other cases on the calendar […]
Atlanta Can’t “Rise Up” to Fix its Jail
/by adminThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Fulton County Sheriff may be held in contempt over the condition of the Fulton County Jail located in Atlanta. For the past several years, the Fulton County Jail has been under the supervision of the federal courts pursuant to a lawsuit involving inhumane conditions there. Things don’t appear to […]
Deadline Extended For January Appellate Practice Luncheon
/by adminOn January 10, 2014, at noon, the Appellate Practice Section will host a luncheon at the Georgia Bar’s midyear meeting, at the Intercontinental Buckhead Hotel. The deadline for the early registration rate for lunch has been extended until January 1, 2014. The price for the luncheon until then will be $35. After that, the price […]
Ct. of Appeals Judge Carla McMillian’s Ten Tips on Practice
/by adminJudge Carla McMillian’s campaign for re-election is in full swing. The Augusta press ran a full interview last month. And Judge McMillian took some time out to speak to the Appellate Practice Section’s monthly luncheon, where she reflected on a year on the Court and shared her top ten lessons and tips from her time as […]
Sex Offender Classification: A New Sort of Appeal for a Brave New World
/by adminIn the past year, I have worked on a new category of appeal in an area that did not exist when I came out of law school and was in its infancy when I started focusing on appellate law. Those appeals have been in a Georgia administrative agency called the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board. […]
How These Cases Can Start
/by adminEarlier this week, I had a court appearance in Camden County, Georgia. Camden County is as far South as you can go on I-95 in Georgia without being in the Jacksonville, Florida, area. We have family close to there. So, I took my four-year-old son with me for a little time with his grandparents while […]
Court Reporters and Digital Audio Recording: Time for a Change?
/by adminMy new favorite law blog is Judge Richard Kopf’s Hercules and the Umpire. Lately, it’s been the first place I click on my reader. His blog is conversational and offers a view of the Federal Court from the other side of the bench. A recent post of his was particularly spot on. It begins “For […]
New Law Spares Life of Warren Lee Hill
/by adminAndrew Cohen at The Atlantic Monthly has a post up on how Georgia’s legislature created a law that spared the life (so far) of Warren Lee Hill, a man that the State has been trying to kill. It’s a must read if you are trying to teach someone the concept of irony. This past year, […]
Lawyer Recounts First Appearance and Victory Before SCOTUS
/by adminLast week, I had the pleasure of attending the Annual Meeting of the State Bar of Georgia. On Thursday, I was part of a quartet of lawyers who delivered the criminal and civil update of significant cases from the 11th Circuit and Georgia Appellate Courts. Thursday, at the appellate practice luncheon, Georgia family law attorney […]