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Anti-Defamation League 2021 honorees Justice Leah Ward Sears and Walter Jospin are celebrated for their long service to equal justice. (Courtesy of Walter Jospin, Leah Ward Sears)
ATLANTA A pair of Buckhead legal giants have been recognized by the Anti-Defamation League for their distinguished careers practicing law and using the law to make a difference in the community.
Justice Leah Ward Sears, the first woman to serve on the Georgia Supreme Court, was given the ADL 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award for a career dedicated to pursuing justice. Attorney Walter Jospin was the recipient of the Elbert P. Tuttle Award, given each year to a lawyer who best exemplifies the ADL mission to secure justice and fair treatment for all.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp recently expanded the state’s COVID-19 vaccine eligibility. All Georgians over the age of 16 can now get vaccinated. Dr. Jane Wilkov, a pediatrician and the founder of DeKalb Pediatric Center, joins “Closer Look” to discuss administering vaccinations to teens and talks more about her pediatric practice’s response during the pandemic. Plus, Susan Reif, the director of the Eviction Project at Georgia Legal Services, talks with Rose about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest move to extend the federal moratorium on evictions through June. Lastly, Gabby Tobin, a ninth-grader at The Lovett School, discusses earning the Gold Award, one of the highest Girl Scout awards, for creating math tutorial videos for students.
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Free mediation service in Savannah for landlord-tenant cases when eviction moratorium expires (Source: Gray News) By Sean Evans | March 16, 2021 at 11:51 AM EDT - Updated March 16 at 11:51 AM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Savannah Mayor Van Johnson announced a new partnership between several non-profits that will help keep people in their homes when a federal eviction moratorium expires at the end of March.
The partnership is between the Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire, the Economic Opportunity Authority, the United Way of the Coastal Empire and Georgia Legal Services to offer free mediation for private, non-subsidized landlord-tenant cases.
“The Mediation Center and community partners can anticipate that landlord-tenant mediation can resolve many COVID-related disputes without initiating eviction proceedings, which is better for everyone. Better for our court system, better for the landlord, better for the tenant,” Mayor Johnson said.