https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2023/08/02/judge-clarifies-what-lawyer-can-and-cannot-discuss-on-social-media-ahead-of-new-trial/
Gwinnett County State Court Judge Ronda S. Colvin, left, and Michael Rafi, right, of Rafi Law Firm. (Courtesy photos)NEWS
“[Mike] Rafi cannot discuss this case with such specificity that any listeners or viewers who might be potential jurors would know, or be likely to know, that Rafi is referring to the above-styled case,” read Gwinnett County State Court Judge Ronda S. Colvin’s order.
August 02, 2023 at 05:33 PM
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What You Need to Know
- Gwinnett County State Court judge issues order clarifying what an attorney cannot discuss on social media surrounding a case with previously vacated verdict.
- Judge Ronda S. Colvin granted a new trial that vacated a $1.5 million verdict achieved by attorney Mike Rafi in connection to the lawyer’s social media posts.
- Colvin clarifies Rafi’s existing posts may remain, but any new content need not include ‘such specificity.’
A Gwinnett County State Court judge has clarified what an Atlanta attorney can—and cannot—discuss publicly about an underlying case involving a jury verdict she tossed out.
In a two-page order, Judge Ronda S. Colvin instructed that plaintiff attorney Mike Rafi of the Rafi Law Firm did not have to remove the series of social media videos that led Colvin to vacate his client’s $1.5 million verdict.
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