Jul 31, 2024 Explaining Trespassers, Squatters, and Adverse Possession! By Jeffrey Nix Last Spring, prior to adoption of the new Georgia “Squatter Reform Act” criminalizing squatting, I provided pro-bono services to the...
Apr 03, 2024 Can Pro-Bono Legal Services Survive Billable Hour Requirements? By Jeffrey Nix As a young attorney, my principal focus was learning and perfecting my chosen legal craft and profession - construction law. Once I...
Feb 07, 2024 A Snapshot of Domestic Violence in the U.S. By Jeffrey Nix Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, I represented a victim of domestic violence. The client was a 45-year-old single mother raising a...
Nov 15, 2023 A Snapshot of America’s Native People! By Jeffrey Nix Back in 2004, I was introduced to a highly decorated Major in the US Army who had recently returned from a 2nd tour of duty on the front...
Sep 20, 2023 Painting a Picture of Atlanta’s Dysfunctional Eviction Process for Sub-Standard Rental Properties! By Jeffrey Nix Approximately 3.6 million eviction proceedings are filed in the US every year. Given that the US population is approximately 330...
Jul 26, 2023 Putting a Face Upon Atlanta's Slumlords! By Jeffrey Nix About a mile west of downtown Atlanta, lies one of the most poverty stricken, crime riddled areas within Georgia. Often referred to as...
May 31, 2023 Putting a Face Upon Atlanta's Working Poor Families! By Jeffrey Nix If you did not live in the Bankhead neighborhood of northwest Atlanta ten years ago, there was little reason to go there. Very few...
Apr 05, 2023 Putting a Face on Our Homeless Veterans! By Jeffrey Nix “I never had enough quarters,” the decorated Vietnam veteran explained when asked why he was homeless. His story was surreal! How could...
Mar 08, 2023 Should Atlanta do a Better Job Enforcing Housing Code Violations at Substandard Rental Properties? By Jeffrey Nix Why does Gwinnett County seem to care more about the living conditions of "working poor" families occupying substandard rental properties...
Feb 08, 2023 Putting a Face Upon Single Mom's Battling Aggressive Cancers! By Jeffrey Nix Sometimes we are given an opportunity to represent pro-bono clients upon an area of the law far and away from our chosen comfort zone. ...
Oct 11, 2022 "Taylor English To Lend Pro Bono Muscle To Black Biz Group," Law360 By Taylor English In a recent interview with Law360's Emily Johnson, Taylor English Duma LLP founding partner Marc Taylor discusses the firm's recent...
Nov 14, 2020 Taylor English Honored with Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation’s Safe & Stable Homes Firm of the Year Award By Taylor English Taylor English Duma is pleased to announce that the firm received the 2019 Safe & Stable Homes Firm of the Year award from the Atlanta...