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Nonnie Hawkins v. DeKalb Medical Center Inc.

Plaintiff Nonnie Hawkins sued Dekalb Medical Center Inc., Marshall Nash, M.D., DeKalb Neurology Associates, LLC, Mark Pollock, M.D., Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists, P.C. and Sean Sue, M.D. in DeKalb County State Court after her pregnant daughter died after sustaining a head injury.

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Closing arguments – August 30, 2010

Timothy H. Bendin of Bendin, Sumerall & Ladner, representing DeKalb Medical Center and Dr. Sean Sue.


Paul E. Weathington of the Weathington Firm, representing Dr. Mark Pollock and Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists.


Rolfe M. Martin of Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, representing Dr. Marshall Nash and DeKalb Neurology Associates.


William Q. Bird of Bird Law Group, representing plaintiff Nonnie Hawkins.


M. Gino Brogdon Sr. of Gino, LLC, representing plaintiff Nonnie Hawkins.


After Hours for 7/30/10

The following photos ran in the After Hours section of the Daily Report on June 30, 2010.

After Hours 7/23/10

Attorney general campaign ads

All five candidates took their campaign message to the airwaves this month.

Robert B. Teilhet


Kenneth B. Hodges III


Samuel S. Olens


F. Maxwell Wood

Wood’s commercial is only available on his campaign website.


Preston W. Smith

Smith has promotional videos posted on YouTube and his campaign website, but no television commercials are available at this time.

Attorney general debate

Watch the televised debate featuring all five attorney general candidates, organized by The Atlanta Press Club and shown live on July 11 on Georgia Public Broadcasting.

The Republicans

The Democrats

Griffin Circuit judicial affair discussion

Listen to a recording of the April 28 in-chambers meeting in which Griffin Circuit Judges Christopher C. Edwards and Tommy R. Hankinson discuss with DA Scott Ballard and public defenders Joseph J. Saia and W. Allen Adams Jr. the ramifications of an affair between a judge and a public defender assigned to his court. The recording was obtained from Ballard and a brief section in which the participants discuss and then dismiss rumors about an affair between Judge Paschal English and another court employee have been redacted.

Candidates on Parade

Along with boy scouts, cheerleaders and football players, candidates for various legal positions rode down Mt. Vernon Road during Monday’s Independence Day parade in Dunwoody.

In Recess: Fitness – D. Brandon Hornsby goes skydiving

When D. Brandon Hornsby, 41, accepted a dare to go skydiving while on a second date with a woman he wanted to see a third time, he also faced down a personal demon.


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Service Juris 2010

On Saturday, June 26, about 400 volunteers from law firms, courthouses and corporate legal departments gathered to transform an overgrown, 7-acre abandoned tract—roughly two blocks by one block—into the Kirkwood Urban Forest. Another 40 to 50 volunteers went to DeKalb Memorial County Park (directly south of the Kirkwood Urban Forest, just across Memorial Drive) to plant trees and clear debris. Both projects were part of Service Juris 2010.


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Susan M. Brown testifies in Crook v. Crook

Fayette County attorney Susan M. Brown testifies about sexual overtures she received from former Griffin Circuit Superior Court Judge Johnnie L. Caldwell Jr.  She is questioned here by  attorney Kynna M. Duncil of Callner, Portnoy & Shawser, on June 25, 2010.