Jody D. Peterman, LLC represents people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence and clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia. The firm’s office is in Valdosta, and it serves clients statewide. Dodge County publishes a Chester City Mayor Offices telephone and separately identifies county records custodians.
Preparing for a first conversation or local inquiry
- Write a brief, factual account of what happened and when, if known.
- Gather relevant documents or correspondence you already have.
- For an injury matter, note the injury and the concerns you want to discuss.
- For a criminal matter, note the charge or charges you are facing, if known.
- Keep questions about next steps separate for the injury or criminal matter.
- For a county records inquiry, identify the type of record and the county office that may be relevant.
- Before contacting a county office, distinguish a general city reference from a records contact listed in the county policy.
Personal-injury representation
The firm represents people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence. A first conversation can help the firm understand the general nature of the matter and identify appropriate next steps.
For that conversation, organize a concise account of what happened, the injury, and the questions you want to raise. The firm lists a Valdosta office and statewide Georgia service.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services; Firm contact and Valdosta office
Criminal-defense representation
Jody D. Peterman, LLC describes its criminal-defense practice as representing clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia. This is distinct from the firm’s injury practice: one concerns a person seriously injured through another party’s negligence; the other concerns a person facing a serious felony charge.
For an initial conversation, note the charge or charges you are facing and the questions you want to discuss. Preserve the issuing agency or court name with each paper, and keep your own notes alongside the documents they describe.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
Chester city contact and county records
Dodge County’s City Mayor Offices contact table lists Chester telephone 478-358-4550. Retain that published city-office label with the number in your general Chester contact notes.
The county’s published records policy directs county records to the appropriate custodian and designates the Board of Commissioners Clerk as the county open-records designee unless otherwise noted. The county policy separates county records responsibilities, so identify the record sought and the agency or custodian that may hold it rather than treating a city contact as a county records contact.
Official resources: Dodge County city-contact table; Dodge County records policy
Two distinct county records contacts
The county policy lists the Dodge County Sheriff records-request contact at 478-559-1130, 85 Industrial Blvd, Eastman, GA 31023. The policy separately lists the Superior Court Clerk at 643 Pearl Bates Avenue / PO Box Drawer 4276, Eastman, GA 31023, telephone 478.374.2871.
The policy identifies these as separate county offices: the Sheriff contact accompanies Sheriff records requests, while the Superior Court Clerk has its own court-office listing. Keep the address, number and office label together so correspondence remains associated with the particular county office.
Official resources: Dodge County records policy
Questions about Chester
What telephone does Dodge County list for Chester’s City Mayor Offices?
Dodge County’s City Mayor Offices contact table lists Chester telephone 478-358-4550. The listing is under the county table’s City Mayor Offices label.
How do the county policy’s Sheriff and Superior Court Clerk contacts differ?
Dodge County’s records policy lists the Sheriff records-request contact at 478-559-1130, 85 Industrial Blvd, Eastman, GA 31023. It separately lists the Superior Court Clerk at 643 Pearl Bates Avenue / PO Box Drawer 4276, Eastman, GA 31023, telephone 478.374.2871. Retain each county office’s name with its own contact details.
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.