These past few weeks, news outlets have been heavily focused on the debate in Congress over the “FIRST STEP Act,” a bipartisan proposal to reform federal sentencing laws and conditions in federal prisons. With the president’s recent endorsement, the First Step Act has a good chance of being passed and signed into law next year. […]
The answer is “maybe.” Earlier this month, the U.S District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, along with other district courts in the United States, issued an order calling for a comprehensive review of defendants who may be eligible for resentencing under the Supreme Court’s ruling in Sessions v. Dimaya, which struck down 18 […]
Federal prosecutors announced yesterday that they have sent letters to 30 doctors in the metro Atlanta and North Georgia area, putting them “on notice” that the federal government believes they are prescribing too much pain medication. While the government describes this as a “notice,” this is really a warning to these doctors that they risk […]
This week, our firm finalized a settlement on behalf of a family whose child was sexually assaulted by an older child at a daycare. While the identities of the family and daycare center must remain confidential under the terms of the settlement, we succeeded in getting a significant six-figure award for their child because we […]
Attorney Page Pate, who is recognized as a constitutional attorney and legal analyst, is often contacted by the media to discuss legal issues that appear in the news. In this case, CNN contacted Page to discuss the confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh as the next Justice of the Supreme Court. One of the biggest issues […]