Rome City Commission Agrees to Opioid Settlement

The Rome City Commission signed off Monday on a settlement with several major pharmaceutical companies regarding the long-running opioid crisis impacting governments and families across the country. Brinson Askew Berry represents the City of Rome, led the opioid legal...

Effort Started to Rename Federal Courthouse for Judge Murphy

A local group is asking the Georgia legislature to rename the Rome federal courthouse in honor of former Judge Harold L. Murphy who passed away on Dec. 28, 2022. Judge Murphy served four decades as a federal judge in Rome. In an article concerning the history of the...

We Remember Judge Harold Murphy – Mentor, Jurist, Family Man

We join with our fellow lawyers and friends in offering our condolences to the family of U.S. Federal Court Judge Harold L. Murphy, 95, who passed away Wednesday. He leaves a four-decade legacy of fairness and wisdom across the northwest Georgia judicial community....