Congress is considering a total ban on the manufacture and sell of drop-side cribs. The fact that Congress is even discussing this indicates how truly dangerous they must be, because, as we all know, the United States Congress moves at a glacial pace (read “slow as cold molasses as we…
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with the Family Dollar Store, has recalled the “Auto Fire Toy Dart Gun.” The manufacturer of the toy, Henry Gordy International, Inc., of Plainfield, NJ, has refused to recall the toy on its own, even though at least two children have died from swallowing…
Friday, May 14, 2010 Incumbent unseated in State Bar election It was the first time in memory that an office holder was challenged By Janet L. Conley, Associate Editor In an unprecedented move for a State Bar of Georgia election, Robin Frazer Clark has unseated incumbent C. Wilson DuBose for…
I am honored and humbled to have won the election and to be the next Secretary of the State Bar of Georgia. Thank you to all of you for your support and encouragement. I couldn’t have done it without you. I am looking forward to serving you and to moving…
April 30, 2010 Dear Friends: First, let me thank you for the hundreds of telephone calls, emails, texts and well wishes you have sent my way to let me know you have already voted for me and that you support me in the race for Secretary of the State Bar.…
This Friday, April 30, is National No Phone Zone Day, thanks to Oprah. Oprah will be doing her show live on Friday here in Atlanta at the Ferst Center of Georgia Tech, in Downtown Atlanta. Oprah has created a nationwide phenomenon of awareness of just how dangerous distracted driving is.…
Dear Friends: First, let me thank you for the hundreds of telephone calls, emails, texts and well wishes you have sent my way to let me know you have already voted for me and that you support me in the race for Secretary of the State Bar. Remember, voting continues…
Dear Friends: I have traveled the four corners of the State of Georgia during this campaign for Secretary of the State Bar of Georgia, from Bartow County to Dougherty County, from the Blue Ridge Circuit to the Stone Mountain Circuit, and from Macon to Savannah, I have grown ever more…
As a plaintiff’s personal injury trial lawyer in Atlanta who frequents the Fulton County Courthouse, the story below scares me. Bullets were shot through one window of the 8th floor of the Fulton County Courthouse. This is the floor that houses the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department and has the walkover…
It is with great pride and joy that I announce that the Georgia Supreme Court today held caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases unconstitutional as a violation of a citizen’s 7th Amendment right to a jury trial. The ruling was in Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery, P.C. v. Nestlehutt, published…