As the 2019 Holiday season approaches, we can all take time to help the less fortunate in Middle Georgia. Kids Yule Love is a local charity that has been providing families in need with a bit of Christmas magic since 1986. Kid’s Yule Love’s mission is to provide toys, gifts and bibles to the less…
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At its November 15, 2019 meeting, the Macon Bar Association recognized its members who had been in practice for 50 years. This included W. Warren Plowden, Jr., of counsel to Jones Cork, LLP, shown on the left in the accompanying photograph. Warren joined the firm in 1971 after serving as a law clerk to Judge…
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On October 18, 2019, Wesleyan College recognized Warren Plowden for his 45 years of outstanding legal service as Wesleyan’s College Attorney. Wesleyan is a private, liberal arts women’s college located in Macon, and is the first college in the world chartered to grant degrees to women. Warren, who is presently of counsel with Jones Cork,…
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Jones Cork LLP senior partner Robert C. Norman has been selected for inclusion in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America publication by Best Lawyers®. Selected in the practice areas of Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law and Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, this is Bob’s 10th consecutive year to be…
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Jones Cork LLP is pleased to announce that its partner Steve L. Wilson was named the Real Estate Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Macon, Georgia, in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Wilson also received this recognition in 2014, 2016, and 2018. This publication by Best Lawyers® compiles its lists…
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The Court of Appeals awarded summary judgment for Jones Cork, LLP’s client contractor where a subcontractor’s employee did not produce evidence of liability. Callie Bryan and Barret Kirbo represented the contractor who was sued by the plaintiff over injuries sustained in a fall from an allegedly defective ladder. The trial court denied the contractor’s summary…
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Jones Cork, LLP is pleased to announce that its client, the Bibb County School District, was awarded a judgment against former superintendent Romain Dallemand in the amount of $47,506,992.72 for violations of federal and state racketeering charges; breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; and rescission of Dallemand’s February 2013 Severance Agreement. Tom Joyce,…
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United Way of Central Georgia has recognized Jones Cork, LLP for the second year in a row as a Top 100 Most Generous Workplace for its 2018 campaign. Andrew Davidson, the firm’s United Way coordinator, is shown with Crystal Ragan of United Way and Patricia Ballard, a United Way volunteer. Andrew commented, “This marks…
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Robert N. Norman with Jones Cork LLP has been named to the 2019 edition of Georgia Super Lawyers. The publication also honored Collier W. McKenzie in its 2019 list of Georgia Rising Stars. The selections for this list are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of Thomson…
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Collier McKenzie, a partner of Jones Cork LLP, will again co-chair ICLE’s annual Agriculture Law Seminar to be held at the Mercer University School of Law on March 22, 2019. Cater Thompson, another partner of the firm, will discuss issues involving owners of agricultural property entering into long-term leases for the siting of solar arrays…
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