I am pleased to announce that distinguished litigator Bob Marcovitch will join OSAH as a Special Assistant Administrative Law Judge. Judge Marcovitch has been an appellate litigator since the early 1990s when he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Appellate Section of the United States Attorney’s Office in Atlanta. He has extensive experience in […]
During last year’s 2015-2016 campaign, state employees pledged more than $1.4 million to over 1,350 charities. On Thursday, June 9, 2016, OSAH was awarded the Governor’s Cup for the highest charitable contribution per employee. OSAH also received the Governor’s Award for the highest level of employee participation. 100% of OSAH employees contributed to the charitable
A railroad company petitioned the City of Royston to eliminate four highway-rail grade crossings. The City denied the petition, but employed none of the criteria for evaluating a crossing’s safety. After applying said criteria, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) determined that two of the crossings should be eliminated, and two should remain open. After
Whether the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Birchfield v. North Dakota invalidates the Georgia implied consent statute’s requirement that a driver submit to a warrantless test of his or her blood is outside of the scope of an administrative license suspension hearing.
Constitutionality of warrantless blood test not within the scope of hearing. Read More
Welborn Chevrolet, a motor vehicle dealer, challenged General Motors’ (GM’s) refusal to approve of an agreement between two other dealers. The agreement, if finalized, would have resulted in the relocation of a Buick-GMC dealership such that it would share a location with Welborn Chevrolet’s dealership. Welborn alleged that GM’s action violated the Franchise Practices Act
In establishing the validity of a roadblock, the state is required to show that the screening officer who made the determination to administer field sobriety tests had sufficient training to qualify him or her as a screening officer. Accordingly, where a roadblock was executed by the Georgia State Patrol and the Albany Police Department, the
