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See You In Court is a podcast series that seeks to educate the public about the Georgia Civil Justice System and is a production of the Georgia Civil Justice Foundation. The Georgia Civil Justice Foundation (GCJF) is a nonpartisan resource for anyone seeking to understand, preserve, or restore the basic functions of civil justice. GCJF supports public education about the civil justice system and how to gain access to the civil justice system when it is needed. Our goal is to reach all Georgians with a message that presents civil justice as society’s means of assuring fair play for everyone.
Episodes
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Today on the podcast, Robin and Lester reflect on the rare Presidential Pardon successfully obtained for Peter Heidgerd.
Robin Frazer Clark is a trial lawyer. She was the 50th President of the
State Bar of Georgia, is a Past President of Georgia Trial Lawyers
Association, a Past President of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta and has
practiced law in Georgia for 36 years. She is a member of the
International Society of Barristers and of the American Board of Trial
Advocates. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Robin
has tried over 75 jury trials and argued in Georgia Appellate Courts over
45 times.
Links:
https://www.gatriallawyers.net/
See You In Court (seeyouincourtpodcast.org)
To learn more about the Georgia Civil Justice Foundation, visit fairplay.org
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
McCracken “Ken” Poston, Jr. is a Georgia trial lawyer, practicing criminal defense
in Ringgold, Georgia. He is a former 4 term legislator in the Georgia House of
Representatives. He is a graduate of the The University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga and is a 1985 graduate of The University of Georgia School of Law.
He has practiced law for 39 years in Georgia. He gained national attention for his
handling of several notable cases that were featured on CNN Presents, Dateline
NBC, A&E’s American Justice and Forensic Files. Ken’s new book “Zenith Man:
Death, Love and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom” tells the tale of Alvin
Ridley, accused of murdering his wife, and Ken’s courtroom battle for Justice for
Alvin.
Links:
https://www.mccrackenpostonjr.com/
https://www.gatriallawyers.net/
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Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Today on the podcast, Robin and Lester discuss negligent security with Gilbert Deitch and Andrew Rogers
Guest Bio
Gil Deitch is widely recognized as a leading advocate for the rights of
crime victims and an expert on civil cases arising from rapes and other
criminal assaults occurring on private and public property. For decades he
has been known by lawyers and judges as a pioneering force in the field of
premises liability and has handled more negligent security cases than any
other attorney in the State of Georgia and throughout the Southeast.
Gil Deitch is a member of the Georgia and Tennessee Bar Associations. He
belongs to the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. He received his law
degree (J.D.) from the University of Tennessee in 1970 and his
undergraduate degree (B.B.A.) from the University of Georgia in 1967.
Andy Rogers has worked tirelessly for crime victims since 1988. After
beginning his career as criminal prosecutor, Mr. Rogers has concentrated
exclusively on representing crime victims in civil cases for over 20 years.
Links:
Atlanta Crime Victim Attorneys - Deitch + Rogers
https://www.gatriallawyers.net/
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Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Today on the podcast, Robin and Lester flashback to previous guests answers on the ultimate question: What is Justice?
Links:
https://www.gatriallawyers.net/
See You In Court (seeyouincourtpodcast.org)
To learn more about the Georgia Civil Justice Foundation, visit fairplay.org
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Today on the podcast, Robin and Lester interview author and lawyer Martin Siegel
Guest Bio
Martin Siegel’s law practice focuses on briefing and arguing complex appeals in federal and state courts. He also handles key motions in trial courts and consults on legal analysis and strategy. Siegel has won appeals in the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appellate courts around
the country, and the Texas Supreme Court, and has repeatedly earned recognition
from peers.
In 2012, he was elected to the Texas Bar Foundation, a fellowship limited to 0.3% of federal civil appeals | Houston | Law Offices of Martin J. Siege (siegelfirm.com)licensed Texas attorneys each year based on regional peer nomination. The Texas Bar Foundation supports projects providing affordable legal services for underserved communities, promotes professionalism, and educates the public about the justice system. Martin graduated from the University of Texas undergrad and then Harvard Law School.
After graduating from Harvard Law School, Martin J. Siegel was the last law clerk for Judge Irving R. Kaufman, the subject of Martin’s new book, who served on the Second Circuit. Martin then served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and as Special Counsel on the staff of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee from 2000-2001.
He now practices law in Houston, Texas and teaches American Legal History at the University of Houston Law Center, where he also directs the Appellate Civil Rights Clinic. He also serves on the board of the Anti-Defamation League, Southwest Region, and has drafted state legislative testimony and amicus briefing for the ADL. Martin is also a Senior Editor of Litigation, a quarterly publication of the American Bar Association’s Section on Litigation.
Links:
Houston | Law Offices of Martin J. Siege (siegelfirm.com)
https://www.martinjsiegel.com/
https://www.gatriallawyers.net/
See You In Court (seeyouincourtpodcast.org)
To learn more about the Georgia Civil Justice Foundation, visit fairplay.org
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Today on the podcast, Robin and Lester interview Craig T. Jones
Guest Bio
Craig Jones is a North Carolina native who is a graduate of Brown University and Wake Forest University School of Law. He has been handling cases of governmental liability since the 1980’s—including two civil rights cases that Craig personally argued in the United States Supreme Court: Hope v. Pelzer (2002) and Scott v. Harris (2007). In addition to representing plaintiffs in police misconduct and other governmental liability cases, Craig has practiced extensively in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, and premises liability.
After practicing for 29 years in Atlanta and 8 years in Washington, Georgia, Craig and his wife Sharon are in the process of moving their empty nest to Savannah, where he will continue to maintain a statewide tort practice with civil rights cases in all three federal districts of Georgia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrVKSgRZ2GY
Links:
Craig T. Jones, P.C. – Trial Lawyer (craigtjones.com)
Scott v Harris (USSC 05-1631) Pursuit Video
https://www.gatriallawyers.net/
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Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Judge Mike Jacobs has served on the State Court of DeKalb
County since June 2015. Mike is the first openly LGBTQ+
countywide elected official in DeKalb County history and the
county’s first openly LGBTQ+ trial judge.
Mike serves on the board of directors of Leadership DeKalb, chairs
Government Day for the program, and is a member of the Class
of 2016, the best class ever. He also serves on the board of
directors of the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia and as
secretary and a board member of the International Association of
LGBTQ+ Judges.
Prior to his judicial service, Mike served ten and a half years in
the Georgia House of Representatives, representing the DeKalb
communities of Brookhaven, Chamblee, and Toco Hills. He was
chairman of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Oversight
Committee (MARTOC), the joint House and Senate committee
that oversees MARTA’s management, budget, and fiscal affairs.
He also served as chairman of one of the two subcommittees of
the House Judiciary Committee.
In 2010, Mike received the Allen Thornell Political Advancement
Award from Georgia Equality for authoring and passing a stronger
anti-bullying law for public schools. In 2012, Mike served on the Special Joint Committee on Criminal Justice Reform, which vetted major reforms that place greater
emphasis on rehabilitating non-violent offenders to lead productive lives.
In 2014, Interim CEO Lee May appointed Mike to the DeKalb
Operations Task Force (OTF). The OTF recommended county
government reforms that the General Assembly enacted to
help our county function better, including DeKalb’s SPLOST, which
Mike authored and passed in 2015.
In 2019, Mike was recognized by the Stonewall Bar Association of
Georgia at its annual awards gala with the award for Outstanding
Service to the Stonewall Community.
Before joining the bench, Mike was a solo practitioner for four
years, focusing his practice on consumer bankruptcy and debtor-
creditor litigation. Mike received his law degree, magna cum laude, from the
University of Georgia School of Law in 2003. While at UGA Law,
he served as Executive Articles Editor of the Georgia Law Review. In 1997, Mike received his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown
University in Washington, D.C. Mike is the proud parent of three children, Jonah, Eli, and
Samantha.
Links:
http://judgejacobs.com
https://www.gatriallawyers.net/
See You In Court (seeyouincourtpodcast.org)
To learn more about the Georgia Civil Justice Foundation, visit fairplay.org
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Today on the podcast, Robin and Lester interview Georgia Supreme Court Justice Nels Peterson
Guest Bio
Presiding Justice Nels S.D. Peterson was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal to
the Supreme Court of Georgia effective January 1, 2017. He was re-elected
statewide for a six-year term in 2018. He previously served as a judge of the
Georgia Court of Appeals, to which he was appointed by Governor Deal effective
January 1, 2016.
Presiding Justice Peterson graduated from Kennesaw State University with a B.S.in political science and a minor in economics. While at KSU, he served as
President of Student Government and Chair of the Student Advisory Counsel to the
Board of Regents, and was named KSU Student of the Year and Outstanding
Senior in Political Science. Presiding Justice Peterson received his J. D. from
Harvard Law School. At Harvard, he was Executive Editor of the Harvard Journal
of Law and Public Policy, Executive Vice-President of the Federalist Society, and
was a finalist in the Ames Moot Court Competition.
Upon graduation from law school, Presiding Justice Peterson served as a law clerk to Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit. Presiding Justice Peterson then practiced at King & Spalding
LLP in Atlanta, where he focused on securities litigation, corporate governance
litigation, merger-related litigation, and appellate litigation. Presiding Justice Peterson then moved to the Governor’s Office, where he served as Executive Counsel and Deputy Executive Counsel to Governor Sonny Perdue.
In addition to his role as the Governor’s chief legal advisor, Presiding Justice
Peterson also served as a senior advisor on a broad array of policy issues, including
water, natural resources, education, the judiciary, and criminal justice.
At the expiration of Governor Perdue’s term, Presiding Justice Peterson moved to
the Attorney General’s Office as Counsel for Legal Policy, where he oversaw
major policy issues and litigation, as well as the rewrite of the state’s Open
Records and Open Meetings Acts.
In 2012, the Attorney General appointed Presiding Justice Peterson as Georgia’s first Solicitor General. In that position, he oversaw all of the state’s civil appellate litigation, played a lead role in all policy-related litigation, and served as a senior advisor to the Attorney General. Presiding Justice Peterson was then appointed Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and Secretary to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, a position he held until his appointment to the Court of Appeals.
Presiding Justice Peterson has served on numerous government and non-profit
boards and committees, has received a variety of honors and awards, lives with his
wife Jennifer and two children in Cobb County, and is an active member of
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church.
Links:
Presiding Justice Nels S.D. Peterson – Supreme Court of Georgia (gasupreme.us)
https://www.gatriallawyers.net/
See You In Court (seeyouincourtpodcast.org)
To learn more about the Georgia Civil Justice Foundation, visit fairplay.org
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Dennis T. Cathey is a graduate of the University of Georgia undergraduate and law school. Mr. Cathey was born in Rabun County, Georgia, and has served on the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia, as president of the Mountain Circuit Bar Association, is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, has served on the Investigative Panel of the State Bar of Georgia Disciplinary Committee, has been a member of the Federal Bar Council for the Northern District of Georgia and is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a past recipient of the State Bar of Georgia Traditions of Excellence Award and past-president of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association.
Mr. Cathey was an officer in the United States Army Medical Service Corps, has served as a youth sports coach for the Habersham County Parks and Rec Department, is active in the Cornelia United Methodist Church and serves on the Board of Trustees of Piedmont College.
Links:
Cornelia Personal Injury Lawyers | Cathey & Strain, LLC (catheyandstrain.com)
https://www.gatriallawyers.net/
To learn more about the Georgia Civil Justice Foundation, visit fairplay.org
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Before being appointed a US Attorney, Mr. Nettles graduated from The Citadel
and earned his law degree at The Widener University School of Law, where he was
on law review and was a member of the moot court honor society. After
graduating, he began a career that has taken him into every corner of the legal
system. Mr. Nettles began his career as a public defender in Columbia, S.C.
providing criminal defense services to indigent defendants who could not afford
attorneys. During that time, he ensured that the legal system would not leave the
economically disadvantaged behind.
From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Nettles worked in private practice as a sole practitioner.
He continued his criminal defense work and became one of the region’s most well-
respected “white collar crime” lawyers. He also represented clients accused of drug
crimes, handled several court-appointed capital cases, twice tried cases that were
argued before the United States Supreme Court and worked in medical malpractice
and other torts.
From 2005-2010, he worked at Sanders & Nettles, LLC . In 2010 Nettles was
appointed United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina by President
Obama and was sworn into that office on May 3, 2010. As the US Attorney, he
dramatically overhauled the office to focus on public corruption, fraud and white
collar crime, while also greatly increasing resources to the extraordinarily
important false claims whistleblower division. Under Mr. Nettles’ leadership, the
US Attorney’s office made white collar crime and public corruption the highest
priority of the criminal division’s efforts. He also earned national praise for the
innovative and intelligent approach his office took to drug crimes.
He is now back in private practice with his own firm, Bill Nettles, Attorney at
Law, in Columbia, S.C.
Links:
Columbia Whistleblower Lawyer | Blowing the Whistle Attorney (billnettleslaw.com)
https://www.gatriallawyers.net/
To learn more about the Georgia Civil Justice Foundation, visit fairplay.org