Jody D. Peterman, LLC offers personal injury and criminal-defense representation across Georgia. For Summerville-area readers, the firm’s practice focus and a few specific local and state-agency references can help organize an initial conversation or identify the relevant office. The firm’s office is in Valdosta, and it serves clients statewide in Georgia.
A practical starting point
- Identify whether the matter concerns a serious injury or a serious felony charge.
- For an initial conversation, be ready to describe the general nature of the matter and the next-step question you want to address.
- For a court-office reference, note that the Chattooga County Clerk of Superior Court is listed in Summerville.
- For a crash record, first determine whether the crash was investigated by the Georgia State Patrol (GSP).
- For a GSP-investigated crash, DPS identifies a local State Patrol Post or its Open Records Unit as contact options.
- Keep the listed Post 38 in Rome distinct from the Clerk of Superior Court office in Summerville.
- Check which agency investigated a crash before treating the DPS report service as applicable.
Personal injury representation
The firm represents people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence. That focus is distinct from the criminal-defense practice: it concerns an injured person seeking representation after an injury, rather than someone facing a criminal charge.
In an initial conversation, the firm says it can learn the general nature of the matter and identify appropriate next steps. A concise account of what happened and the main question you want to address can help make that conversation focused.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
Criminal defense for serious felony charges
Jody D. Peterman, LLC also represents clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia. This practice serves a different need from personal-injury representation and is centered on responding to a criminal accusation.
Keep charge notices and court or agency names with your questions, so the discussion can address the matter you are facing. Include the documents you already have and identify which office issued each one.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
A local court-office reference
The Clerks Authority directory lists the Chattooga County Clerk of Superior Court office at 10035 Commerce Street, Summerville, GA 30747, phone (706) 857-0706. The directory separately lists Superior, State and Juvenile as courts managed by that office.
Keep this county-office name with any papers that refer to those courts. The directory’s street address is in Summerville, providing a local reference alongside the separate state-agency crash-record contacts below.
Official resources: Chattooga County court-clerk directory
GSP crash records: check the investigating agency
For a crash investigated by the Georgia State Patrol (GSP), DPS says readers may contact a local State Patrol Post or its Open Records Unit. DPS lists the Open Records Unit primary phone as (404) 624-7591.
DPS lists Post 38 - Rome at 3386 Martha Berry Hwy., NE, Rome, GA 30165, phone 706-295-6002/6003, with Chattooga, Floyd and Polk among its assigned counties. The post is in Rome, not Summerville. If your paperwork identifies GSP, keep that agency name with the crash details when considering the DPS contact options.
The DPS-linked EPORTS FAQ expressly excludes similar reports prepared by municipal or county police, sheriffs, or other state agencies from its DPS report service. Before relying on a DPS contact path, first establish whether GSP investigated the crash.
Official resources: DPS records requests for GSP investigations; DPS State Patrol Post directory; DPS EPORTS report coverage
Questions about Summerville
Where is the listed Chattooga County Clerk of Superior Court office, and which courts does its directory list?
The Clerks Authority directory lists the Chattooga County Clerk of Superior Court at 10035 Commerce Street, Summerville, GA 30747, phone (706) 857-0706. It separately identifies Superior, State and Juvenile as courts managed by that office.
What DPS contact options are listed for a GSP-investigated crash, and how does the agency distinction matter?
DPS says that for a crash investigated by GSP, readers may contact a local State Patrol Post or the Open Records Unit; DPS lists the unit’s primary phone as (404) 624-7591. Post 38 - Rome is listed at 3386 Martha Berry Hwy., NE, Rome, GA 30165, phone 706-295-6002/6003, and Chattooga is among its assigned counties. The DPS-linked EPORTS FAQ excludes similar reports prepared by municipal or county police, sheriffs or other state agencies from its DPS report service.
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.