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Accountability Courts October 12, 2022

Cobb sheriff’s deputy receives award for her work with accountability courts

According to a public information release from Cobb County Superior Court, the statewide Council of Accountability Court Judges has given its STAR Award to Cobb Sheriff’s Deputy Diane Watts for…

Criminal Justice System September 24, 2021

Cobb Accountability Courts recognized as model courts for Georgia

The Council of Accountability Court Judges selected two of Cobb County’s courts as Model Courts for 2021-2024. The courts selected by the judges were the Cobb County Veterans Accountability and…

Porsha Middlebrook, Cobb Drug Court Coordinatpr

Cobb County July 26, 2021

New coordinator and two new presiding judges in Cobb accountability courts

Cobb County Superior Court Chief Judge Robert D. Leonard announced two new presiding judges and a Drug Treatment Court coordinator for the accountability court programs. The accountability courts “aim to…

Judge Mary Staley Clark with Hope the Comfort Dog (photo courtesy of Cobb County Superior Court)

Cobb County May 27, 2021

New judicial assignments to Cobb Accountability Courts

Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Leonard announced new assignments to the Cobb County Accountability Courts. Judge Mary Staley Clark will now preside over the Drug Treatment Court, and Judge Ann…

Cobb County Superior Court, a brick building with a steepled clock tower

Crime & Public Safety May 19, 2026

Cobb County Veterans Accountability and Treatment Court Graduates Three Veterans

Cobb County announced that the Cobb County Veterans Accountability and Treatment Court (VATC) graduated three veteran participants during a ceremony held Friday, May 15, 2026, at the Cobb County Superior…

Justice March 30, 2026

Two verdicts in two days: How American courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and children

by Carolina Rossini, UMass Amherst, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Within 48 hours, the legal landscape governing social media and children shifted in ways that…

Accountability Courts, Cobb County Courts February 16, 2026

Cobb County Opens New Treatment Courts Facility in Smyrna

By Mark Woolsey Cobb County’s various treatment court programs have now been united under one roof. A recent ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the debut of the Cobb Treatment Courts Facility in…

Cobb Courts, Crime & Public Safety February 10, 2026

Three veterans graduate from Cobb County Veterans Accountability and Treatment Court

According to a news release on the Cobb County website, the Cobb County Veterans Accountability and Treatment Court graduated three veteran participants at a 9:30 a.m. ceremony Friday, Feb. 6,…

Immigration July 25, 2025

Immigration courts hiding the names of ICE lawyers goes against centuries of precedent and legal ethics requiring transparency in courts

by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Something unusual is happening in U.S. immigration courts. Government lawyers are refusing…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Freedom of Information April 17, 2025

The sudden dismissal of public records staff at health agencies threatens government accountability

by Reshma Ramachandran, Yale University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services are continuing as the agency…

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Community, Giving Back to the Community September 13, 2026