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12/13/2023

Mediator Michael Eshman makes a case for the "Seven Dirty Words at Mediation" in this piece for the Daily Report. Read here: https://bit.ly/47RHdOe

10/23/2023

08/23/2023

What do mediators wish lawyers did more often? What do lawyers want mediators to do? Mediator Michael Eshman, and attorney Mark Miller share insights from both sides.

06/16/2023

$750k Recovery Against Corrections Officers Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for Family of Man Murdered By His Cellmate at Macon State Prison
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After multiple physical altercations, Coty Silvers' cellmate warned corrections officers of what he would do to Coty if he was not moved out of the cell.

“I’m about to go home, I ain’t got time for this,” is what one officer told them, according to the cellmate. The threats and Coty's cries for help were ignored and nothing was done.

On May 22, 2020, Coty was found brutally tortured and murdered an hour after his final plea.

OGLETHORPE, GA—Corrections officers at Macon State Prison were warned for days of multiple physical altercations between Coty Silvers and his cellmate. Coty’s cellmate warned corrections officers of what he would do to Coty if he was not moved out of the cell.

03/21/2023

Federal judge awards $298,530 in attorneys' fees to Mark Begnaud and The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associates, LLC after winning a First Amendment case at the Eleventh Circuit.

03/15/2023

$200k Settlement Reached in Excessive Force Lawsuit Against Clayton County Jailers and

Melvin McDay was arrested for jaywalking and booked into Sheriff Hill's which the sheriff called the "Hillton". Five jailers brutally assaulted Mr. McDay-- tased him, shattered his jaw, and strapped him to the restraint chair* for several hours. He was locked in solitary confinement for 3 days and never received medical treatment. Mr. McDay still suffers from PTSD from this abuse.

*Victor Hill was convicted of 6 counts of civil rights violations for misuse of the restraint chair. Yesterday, he was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison concurrent with 6 years of supervised release.

01/03/2023

Thank you, Senator Jon Ossoff , for the well wishes to Michael Eshman for his selection for Leadership Georgia Class of 2023! We greatly appreciate your recognition and encouragement.

Have a Happy New Year!

10/07/2022

Join us in welcoming and congratulating the Leadership Georgia Class of 2023!

10/07/2022

Please join us in congratulating Michael Eshman for being selected as a member of Leadership Georgia's Class of 2023!
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Founded in 1972, Leadership Georgia is one of the nation’s oldest and most successful leadership training programs for young business, civic and community leaders with the desire and potential to work together for a better Georgia.

Congrats, Michael!

09/15/2022

Happy on behalf of our resident Colombian-American Michael Eshman 🇨🇴

09/15/2022

As today marks day one of , we want to share Michael's post from this day last year to celebrate:

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08/22/2022

This weekend we were honored to attend Cocktails Around Latin America (CALA) hosted by the Georgia Hispanic Bar Association where Michael Eshman received the Diversity and Inclusion Champion award! Although we were all disappointed that he was unable to attend in person, we were glad he still made an appearance!

Thank you to the Guest of Honor, Judge Ana María Martinez, for accepting Michael's award on his behalf and to the GHBA for this recognition.

We had so much fun at this year's CALA, it was incredibly well done thanks to (including but not limited to!) Jennifer Blasco, Jasmin Severino, Sarah Banda, and Irvin Hernandez