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Chatham County Deacon Awarded $125,000 for False Accusations by Pastor

August 6, 2011
On February 8, 2011, a Chatham County jury found in favor of a church deacon who claimed he was defamed by the visiting pastor of his church. After one and a half hours of deliberation, the jury awarded the plaintiff $125,000 for damage to his reputation and emotional distress. Edward Heyward was accused of theft […]
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Housing Authority Must Pay $1.5 Million to Family of Murder Victim

August 6, 2011
In October 2011, a Newton County jury found the Covington Housing Authority 90% at fault for the 2006 shooting death of twenty-year-old Tammara “Erica” Reed after it leased a housing unit to Reed’s murderer despite his criminal record. The jury awarded Newton’s minor children $1.5 million, half for the full value of her life and […]
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Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy and three officers arrested and indicted on federal charges in Atlanta

June 30, 2011
This morning, FBI agents arrested a Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy along with three Fulton County detention officers at the Fulton County County Jail. They were immediately taken to the FBI’s Atlanta headquarters and will appear before a federal magistrate judge later this afternoon. The four have been indicted in federal court on 11 counts ranging […]
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We successfully negotiate misdemeanor plea for a client charged in 29 count
 federal fraud indictment

June 28, 2011
Our firm successfully negotiates a misdemeanor plea for a client charged with 29 federal fraud counts.
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Our firm is retained to represent a firearms collector who was entrapped in a federal gun trafficking sting

June 28, 2011
Our firm will represent a Jackson County, Georgia, firearms collector against entrapment in a federal gun trafficking sting.
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