January 2010 

C. Richard ("Rick") Langley was selected for inclusion in the 22010 Super Lawyer for the State of Georgia.  Super Lawyer is a listing of outstanding attorneys that have attained the highest degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Joseph P. Durham, Jr. and William W. Calhoun, attorneys, were successful in obtaining a substantial, confidential settlement on behalf of their client who was injured in a collision with a semi truck owned by a grocery store chain.   

Rick Langley and Lauren M. Brock obtained a confidential settlement on behalf of their client, a banking institution, related to a wrongful foreclosure.

 November 2009

Joseph P. Durham, Jr. obtained a $150,000.00 settlement on behalf of an individual injured in a motor vehicle collision.

 October 2009

 Joseph P. Durham, Jr. and Lauren M. Brock, attorneys, were successful in obtaining a confidential settlement on behalf of a minor child, injured at school.

 Joseph P. Durham, Jr. obtained a $100,000.00 settlement for his clients related to a motor vehicle accident.

September 2009

Lauren Brock has been selected to participate in Leadership Albany 2009-2010.  Leadership Albany was established in 1984 for the purpose of identifying and developing leaders in the Albany area, exposing them to issues and problems confronting the community, informing them about institutions in the community and providing a forum for the participants to better know each other.   

Joseph P. Durham, Jr. and Donald W. Lee, attorneys at Langley & Lee, LLC obtained a confidential settlement for the wrongful death of a nursing home patient. 

JUNE, 2009

C. Richard (“Rick”) Langley, Senior Partner with Langley & Lee, LLC, was recently board certified by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys in the field of medical professional liability.  The ABPLA is accredited by the American Bar Association to certify attorneys in accordance to the highest standards of experience, ethics and education.

MAY 7, 2009

Bill Calhoun graduated from the 2009 class of Leadership Albany, a program established for the purpose of identifying and developing leaders in the Albany area, exposing them to the issues confronting the community and the institutions of, and resources available to, the community. 

Bill Calhoun was selected for inclusion in the 2009 Super Lawyers for the state of Georgia.  Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

MARCH 31, 2009

Fred Lee made a presentation to senior nursing students at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus on the subject of medical/legal issues in nursing practice.  

JANUARY 1, 2009

Firm member, Joseph P. Durham, Jr. has been admitted to practice law in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

 Firm member, Joseph P. Durham, Jr. and C. Richard Langley obtained a settlement of $250,000.00 for a minor child who was injured while in foster care.

 Firm member, Joseph P. Durham, Jr. obtained an award of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) for the wrongful death of a woman who was killed in a car accident.

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Fred Lee made a presentation to senior nursing students at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus on the subject of medical/legal issues in nursing practice.  

 July 7, 2008

 Joe Durham and Rick Langley obtained a significant victory for their clients, a hospital and a licensed physical therapist, in the Supreme Court of Georgia, which denied the Plaintiffs’ request for certiorari.  The case involved allegations that a hospital employed physical therapist negligently performed therapy on the Plaintiff which resulted in her needing additional shoulder surgery.  The trial court granted the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss on the grounds that the Plaintiff had failed to satisfy the pleading requirements set forth in Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Sections 9-11-9.1 and 24-9-67.1.  This dismissal was affirmed by the Court of Appeals and is one of the first cases in which the Georgia Appellate Courts have addressed the interaction between Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Sections 9-11-9.1 and 24-9-67.1.

 July 7, 2008

 Joe Durham and Rick Langley obtained multiple victories for their clients, a regional newspaper and a reporter in the Supreme Court of Georgia.  Specifically, the Supreme Court of Georgia denied the Plaintiff’s request for certiorari. 

 The case involved allegations that a regional newspaper and a reporter printed false information about a former City Clerk, who was charged with theft from the City and eventually plead “nolo” to one of the charges.  At the trial court level, Messrs Durham and Langley filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the Plaintiff was a limited purpose public figure and that there was no evidence of malice, as required by Georgia law.  In response to this motion, the trial court granted the motion in part and denied it in part, ruling that the Plaintiff was a limited purpose public figure but finding there was a jury question as to the presence of malice.  The Georgia Court of Appeals subsequently affirmed the trial court’s ruling that the former clerk was a limited purpose public figure and reversed the trial court’s ruling regarding presence of malice.  This reversal was a ground-breaking decision as the Court of Appeals held that although the newspaper left an incorrect version of the story on its internet site for several months, the same could not be considered in the analysis of whether malice existed because the website was controlled by the advertising department rather than the news department.

April 25, 2008

Lauren Mock was notified of having passed the Alabama Bar Examination and being certified for admission to the Alabama Bar by the Alabama Supreme Court. 

April 20, 2008

Joe Durham was recently selected as one of Southwest Georgia's Forty under Forty. The award is given to individuals under the age of forty who have demonstrated leadership and community involvement in Southwest Georgia.

 March 31, 2008

Bert Gregory, representing a railroad client, established precedent in a FELA case testing the application of the Daubert standard for expert witnesses.  The trial court granted a motion for partial summary judgment and a motion in limine excluding the testimony of a treating physician on the issue of causation.  The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision, and the Georgia Supreme Court has denied certiorari. 

March 10, 2008

Fred Lee made a presentation to senior nursing students at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus on the subject of medical/legal issues in nursing practice. 

March 7, 2008

Joe Durham and Rick Langley obtained multiple victories in the Georgia Court of Appeals on behalf of their clients, a regional newspaper and a reporter.  The allegations were that a regional newspaper and a reporter maliciously printed false information about a former city clerk, who was charged with theft from the city and eventually pleaded nolo to one of the charges.  The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's ruling that the former clerk was a limited purpose public figure.  Additionally, the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's finding that there was a jury question as to whether the newspaper and the reporter had acted with malice. 

February 25-27, 2008

Lauren Mock took the Alabama Bar Examination in Montgomery, Alabama. 

January 25, 2008

Joe Durham and Rick Langley obtained a victory for their clients, a hospital and a licensed physical therapist, in the Georgia Court of Appeals.  The allegations were that a hospital employed physical therapist negligently performed therapy on a patient which resulted in the patient requiring four additional shoulder surgeries.  The trial court dismissed the claim on the grounds that the plaintiffs failed to come forth with competent expert testimony in support of their claim. The Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal.

January 19, 2008

Joe Durham and Rick Langley obtained summary judgment on behalf of their hospital client in a medical malpractice case pending in the Superior Court of Dougherty County.  The allegations were that a hospital employed nurse violated the requisite standard of care by administering an excessive dose of morphine.  The trial court found that there was no evidence that the nurse’s actions caused any harm or injury to the patient

January 1, 2008

Joe Durham has become a member of the firm.  Joe began practicing with Langley & Lee, LLC in August of 2003 and his practice is focused on civil litigation with an emphasis on medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death litigation.

November 2, 2007

Lauren Mock, who joined Langley & Lee, LLC in August 2007, was sworn into the Georgia Bar by the Honorable Stephen S. Goss, Judge, Dougherty Superior Court.