Jody D. Peterman, LLC offers personal-injury representation for people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence and criminal-defense representation for clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia. The firm’s Valdosta office serves clients statewide. In St. Marys, City Hall and the Camden County Sheriff’s Office are separate local points of reference for different kinds of inquiries.
Preparing for a first conversation or local inquiry
- Describe the injury or criminal matter in general terms and identify the main question you want to address.
- For an injury matter, note how the injury occurred and why you believe another party’s negligence caused it.
- For a criminal matter, identify the serious felony charge you are facing and any documents you already have about it.
- Keep matter-related documents together so you can refer to them during an initial conversation.
- For a City Hall business inquiry, distinguish a City Clerk question from a request for records assistance.
- For a Sheriff’s Office records request, use the Sheriff’s Office NextRequest route and contact the listed coordinator if needed.
- Before contacting an office, identify which agency or institution your question concerns.
Personal-injury representation
The firm describes its personal-injury practice as representing people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence. Keep the papers you already have about the injury and incident with the questions you want to raise.
A short account of the incident can accompany those documents. Preserve their dates and issuing-office names when identifying which material concerns the injury you want to discuss.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
Criminal-defense representation
The firm offers criminal-defense representation for clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia. This is distinct from the firm’s injury practice: the focus here is a criminal charge, rather than an injury caused by another party’s negligence.
For a first conversation, identify the charge in general terms and gather documents you already have about the matter. The firm describes that conversation as a way to understand its general nature and identify appropriate next steps.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
St. Marys City Hall and the City Clerk
The Coastal Regional Commission’s 2026 directory lists St. Marys City Hall at 418 Osborne Street, St. Marys, Georgia 31558, with a general telephone number of 912-510-4000.
For a City Clerk business inquiry, the directory identifies Deborah Walker-Reed as St. Marys City Clerk and lists 912-510-4039 and dwalkerreed@stmarysga.gov. This City Hall reference is separate from the Sheriff’s Office records-request assistance.
Official resources: Coastal Regional Commission 2026 directory
Camden County Sheriff’s Office records assistance
The Camden County Sheriff’s Public Information Division identifies public-records request assistance among its responsibilities. Its records-request FAQ directs readers seeking records from the Sheriff’s Office to the Sheriff’s Office NextRequest Portal.
The division page lists a Digital Media & Open Records Coordinator at 912-540-1859. Keep that coordinator role and the Sheriff’s Office label with the number when identifying the County Sheriff’s published records-assistance contact.
Official resources: Camden Sheriff Public Information Division
Questions about St. Marys
How can I contact the St. Marys City Clerk?
The Coastal Regional Commission’s 2026 directory lists Deborah Walker-Reed as St. Marys City Clerk. It gives her business telephone as 912-510-4039 and email as dwalkerreed@stmarysga.gov. City Hall’s general telephone is 912-510-4000.
Where does the Sheriff’s Office direct records requests, and who is its listed coordinator?
The Camden County Sheriff’s Public Information Division identifies public-records request assistance as one of its responsibilities. Its records-request FAQ directs requests to the Sheriff’s Office through its NextRequest Portal. The division page lists a Digital Media & Open Records Coordinator at 912-540-1859.
General information about legal services and local resources. A lawyer must review the facts and applicable law for your matter. Contacting the firm does not by itself create an attorney-client relationship.