Atlanta Bar Association Blog

The Atlanta Lawyer Judicial Update: December/January 2021

Posted by: Paige Reese Whitaker on Jan 12, 2021
Section News: Judicial

On December 7, 2020, the Judicial Section, joined by the Criminal Law Section, heard from a panel of metro area judges about their courts’ plans for restarting jury trials. Judge Mark Cohen (Northern District of Georgia), Judge Robert McBurney (Fulton Superior Court), Judge Eric Richardson (Fulton State Court), Judge Tangela Barrie (DeKalb Superior Court), and Judge Kim Childs (Cobb Superior Court), shared their courts’ latest plans with the large lunchtime crowd participating in this virtual event. Section Chairs Judge Paige Reese Whitaker (Superior Court, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), and Kenneth Mitchell, Jr. (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), moderated this timely and informative discussion.

As our courts make a cautious return to criminal jury trials, the Judicial Section is mindful of the civil matters that also await jury trials. Plans are being discussed and developed in that arena as well, and as those take shape in the coming months, the Judicial Section will host a similar informational event, open to all Atlanta Bar members.

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