Doug Peters has been named “2022 Georgia 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. Doug’s 2022 recognition is the 4th time he has received this honor, having also been named “Georgia Lawyer of the Year” for Criminal…
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Doug Peters Is Featured Speaker At National And State Seminars In 2021 And 2022 On Child Molestation Defense
Doug Peters was invited to Las Vegas in November 2021 to address the 2021 Conference of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Peters’ presentation was entitled: “Cross Examination of the Alleged Child Victim: From the Law, To Reality, To the Courtroom” Of his presentation Peters said: “Many lawyers are intimidated at the prospect of…
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Doug Peters is Featured Speaker at Two 2019 National Seminars in Las Vegas, NV on Defending Against False Allegations of Child Molestation
The National Child Abuse Defense and Resource Center invited Doug Peters to speak at their October, 2019 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Peters’ lecture was entitled “False Allegations of Child Abuse: The Ethical Path To Victory.” Also, Mr. Peters’ book entitled “Defense of the Child Molestation Case in Georgia” was purchased by numerous attendees from states throughout the country. In previous years Peters lectured to the organization on “The Pre Trial Daubert Challenge to the Shaken Baby Syndrome” and on “Cross Examination of the Child Advocate.” Of this year’s seminar Peters said “defending a citizen falsely accused of child molestation presents unique ethical challenges and I was very honored to share my perspective on these very important questions with other attorneys in our country dedicated to defending innocent clients.”
The following month Doug Peters was again invited to Las Vegas to address the 2019 Conference of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Peters’ presentation was the first of its kind, and featured a recreation of the jury trial of the “State of Georgia v. Avis Stone”, a trial in which Peters recently successfully defended a client indicted for multiple counts of Aggravated Child Molestation.
Peters And Hodges Have “Cruelty To Children” Charges Dismissed Following Defense Investigation And Review By Forensic Pathologist
Defendant hired Mr. Peters and Mr. Hodges when Defendant and her fiancé were arrested for spanking and causing injury to Defendant’s 8-year-old son. Photographs showed extensive “bruising” on the child’s buttocks. A medical examination concluded the bruising was consistent with a vicious beating. Defendant and her fiancé gave statements to the GBI, and each admitted…
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Doug Peters Asked to Moderate and Provide Analysis at First Georgia Public Defender Council Seminar on Defending a Child Sex Abuse Case
The Georgia Public Defender Council held their first seminar specifically designated to the defense of child sexual abuse cases at the State Bar of Georgia Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on October 30, 2018. Doug Peters accepted the council’s invitation to help organize the council’s first seminar ever dedicated to these cases. Mr. Peters served as…
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Super Lawyers Grants “15 Year Milestone Recognition” to Doug Peters
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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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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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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Peters, Rubin & Sheffield Are Training Lawyers In Republic Of Georgia
Bob Rubin, Doug Peters, and Jason Sheffield are part of a seven-lawyer team invited by the United State’s State Department and its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to train criminal defense lawyers in the Republic of Georgia, a former satellite of the Soviet Union. Formerly, criminal defense lawyers were relegated to…
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