Mark A Barnes, JD, LLM

02/23/2025

Had another opportunity this weekend to judge the high school mock trial competition. Got to see some really talented kids!

09/20/2024

I have had a long overdue surgery, and will be out of the office until September 26th.

04/23/2018

A story on the Meadows case with a little more detail than offered by the TV news:

The trial court declared the mistrial without sufficient factual support and without considering less drastic alternatives Justice David Nahmias wrote. We reverse.

04/17/2018

I am pleased and proud to announce that my first foray into the Georgia Supreme Court has resulted in a favorable decision and new Georgia precedent.

https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/s18a0314.pdf

03/08/2018

February 5th oral arguments at the Georgia Supreme Court - yeah, I think we won!

03/08/2018

The latest foolishness from the Ninth Circus....

Appeals court allows landmark climate change case to move forward

03/08/2018

I am now awaiting an opinion from the Georgia Supreme Court and bar results from Alabama.....

10/31/2017

A Louisiana Supreme Court judge found a request to a police officer who was addressed as “dog” was too ambiguous to trigger Sixth Amendment rights.

10/30/2017

This week, it was my honor to be a part of helping to define the state of probate law here in Georgia.