Doug Peters has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in Georgia for 2019. Having received this recognition from Super Lawyers every year since 2004, Doug has received the prestigious “15 Year Milestone Recognition.” Regarding the award Doug said “I am very honored to receive this level of recognition from Super Lawyers which reflects not only…
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Rubin Reverses Professional Standards Commission
The Professional Standards Commission (PSC) voted to suspend a teacher for 20 days, accusing him of roughly handling a non-verbal, autistic student while putting the student on the school bus. The PSC’s charges were based on the testimony of the bus driver and bus monitor who claimed to have witnessed the teacher’s behavior. The teacher…
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Rubin named Georgia Super Lawyer for 10th year in a row
For the 10th year in a row, Bob Rubin was named a Georgia Super Lawyer for his outstanding achievement as a criminal defense lawyer. Super Lawyer is a rating service for consumers and others in the legal profession. Mr. Rubin’s 10 year run on the Super Lawyer list is indicative of his recognition among his…
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Peters and Sheffield File Pre-trial Request To Raise “Mistake Of Age” Defense And Constitutional Challenge In Statutory Rape Case
In a rare and unprecedented pre-trial motion, Doug Peters and Jason Sheffield raised a constitutional challenge to charges of Statutory Rape and Child Molestation being pursued without the client being allowed to inform the jury that he believed the alleged victim was of age. The client, a 21-year-old college student, met a 14-year-old girl online…
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Hodges Wins at Supreme Court of Georgia
In August 2018, attorney, Foss Hodges, obtained a reversal for his client, Jessie Mercer, in Georgia’s highest court. Jessie Mercer was convicted in 2004 of kidnapping and other offenses in connection with a home invasion and robbery. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison. His co-defendant, Rasaul Rayshad, was convicted of the same offenses…
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Peters, Rubin, and Sheffield Begin Pretrial Hearings on the Kirby Smith Cold Murder Case
Jason B. Sheffield, Foss Hodges, and Erin King continued in pretrial hearings in Muscogee Superior Court in front of Judge Bemon McBride, this time asking the Court to dismiss the indictment due to violations of their client’s Constitutional right to a Speedy Trial. The Court heard witness testimony offered by Mr. Hodges, specifically from Forensic…
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7-Year-Long Legal Battle Ends in Acquittal
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – A Dougherty County jury made its decision in a 2006 murder retrial on Friday. Charles Gaillard was found not guilty of murder and felony murder. The jury was hung on a charge of voluntary manslaughter. Gaillard negotiated a plea for voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges. The judge agreed to a plea…
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Doug Peters’ “Defense of the Child Molestation Case in Georgia” Seminar Sets 2018 Attendance Record
At his recent seminar in Atlanta, over 200 Georgia lawyers received an updated copy of Doug Peters’ 2018 book, “The Defense of the Child Molestation Case in Georgia”. Peters’ seminar, co-hosted by the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, was held at Georgia State University College of Law. The first of its kind, the seminar…
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Doug Peters named the “2018 Georgia Lawyer of the Year” for Criminal Defense by The Best Lawyers in America
Doug Peters was named the “2018 Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year” for Criminal Defense by The Best Lawyers in America, the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Best Lawyers lists attorneys in 124 specialties who have been chosen through an exhaustive survey in which thousands of the nation’s top lawyers…
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Jason Sheffield Featured in Attorneys At Law Magazine
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