Atlanta Prosecutor Appears to Move Closer to Trump Inquiry
The Fulton County district attorney is weighing an inquiry into possible election interference and is said to be considering hiring an outside counsel.
President Trump made several calls to Georgia officials that raised alarms about election interference.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
Published Jan. 15, 2021Updated Jan. 18, 2021
ATLANTA Prosecutors in Georgia appear increasingly likely to open a criminal investigation of President Trump over his attempts to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 election, an inquiry into offenses that would be beyond his federal pardon power.
The new Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, is already weighing whether to proceed, and among the options she is considering is the hiring of a special assistant from outside to oversee the investigation, according to people familiar with her office’s deliberations.
Law firm Bass, Berry & Sims has announced the election of seven new members. The Nashville-based attorneys are Emily Burrows, Meredith Edwards Collins, Lymari Martinez Cromwell, Brad Hart, Davis Mello, Sarah Miller and Paul Singleton. “I am privileged to announce that the firm has elected these seven new members,” Managing Partner Todd Rolapp said in a release. “Each of these individuals has demonstrated a deep commitment to our firm, our clients and the legal industry overall. The firm is proud to honor them with this elevation in recognition of their accomplishments and excited to watch them continue to grow in their legal career.”
Greenberg Traurig Expands Atlanta Intellectual Property & Technology Practice with Addition of Nigamnarayan Acharya
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is further expanding its Intellectual Property & Technology Practice in Atlanta with the addition of Nigamnarayan Acharya, who joins as a shareholder. Acharya focuses his practice on life sciences and pharmaceuticals. His practice areas include domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution, as well as domestic and international portfolio development, management, enforcement, and licensing. ATLANTA (PRWEB) January 06, 2021 Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is further expanding its Intellectual Property & Technology Practice in Atlanta with the addition of Nigamnarayan Acharya, who joins as a shareholder. Acharya focuses his practice on life sciences and pharmaceuticals. His practice areas include domestic and foreign patent and tradema
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Gwinnett police arrest suspects in murder at apartment complex near Norcross
An Alpharetta teen and an Atlanta man have been arrested in connection with the murder of Andrew Thomas, who died after he was shot at a Norcross-area apartment complex last month.
Gwinnett police announced on Wednesday that their homicide unit arrested Alpharetta resident Dallas Shank, 17, and Atlanta resident Quindarius Clemon, 23. Shank, who was arrested on Dec. 18, and Clemon face aggravated assault and felony murder charges.
Police were called to an apartment complex located off Seasons Parkway in unincorporated Norcross shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 22. Officers arrived to find Thomas in front of one of the apartment buildings with at least one gunshot wound.
After winning a political office on her first try, Gwinnett Tax Commissioner-elect Tiffany Porter is about to take on a new role â but sheâs used to facing challenges with high stakes.
Porter will become Gwinnettâs first African-American tax commissioner when she officially takes office on Jan. 1. After she took her oath of office on Tuesday, however, she recounted her journey toward her new role.
That journey included facing breast cancer and surviving it.
âNo one could have told me in 2018, when I was diagnosed for a second time with breast cancer, that I would be standing at this podium today,â Porter said at her swearing-in ceremony. âNot knowing what was going to happen to me, or my fate, or what God had in store for me, I felt that I still wanted to serve and continue to live my life as a public servant.