Jody D. Peterman, LLC offers personal-injury representation and defense for clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia, serving clients statewide from its Valdosta office. Union City separately publishes municipal-records request options and an attorney-specific inbox for court entries of appearance and motions.
Prepare for an attorney conversation
- Write a dated timeline of the incident or events, keeping what you personally observed distinct from what you learned later.
- Gather existing documents connected to the matter, such as correspondence, notices, reports, photographs, or court paperwork.
- For a city-records request, identify the records you are seeking and use Union City’s Open Records Request page to review its listed submission options.
- Keep a copy of your request and any related replies with your other matter documents.
- Separate municipal-records correspondence from court paperwork and attorney communications.
- If you are an attorney sending an entry of appearance or motion, note the Court Information page’s designated inbox separately from the City Clerk’s records contacts.
Personal-injury representation
The firm describes its personal-injury practice as representing people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence. An incident timeline can help organize what happened, when it happened, and which details are based on your own observations.
Gather existing papers and other materials that relate to the incident, and keep them together with the timeline. For an attorney discussion, distinguish what you know directly from information you received from someone else.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
Criminal-defense representation
Jody D. Peterman, LLC describes its criminal-defense practice as representing clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia. Keep relevant court paperwork and correspondence together so they can be discussed alongside a concise chronology of events.
The firm describes the first conversation as a way to understand the general nature of a matter and identify appropriate next steps. Keep your questions about the charge beside the relevant court documents, separately from any municipal-records request correspondence.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
Union City municipal records
Union City identifies its City Clerk as the official custodian of city records and says the office executes open-records requests. The Clerk’s Office contact block lists 770-515-7804 and sfreeman@unioncityga.gov; its page identifies the location as Union City City Hall, 5047 Union Street, 30291.
The city’s Open Records Request page directs public-record requests through JustFOIA and also lists submission to the City Clerk by email or in person. It gives the email as Sfreeman@unioncityga.gov and the in-person address as City of Union City, Attn.: City Clerk, 5047 Union Street, Union City, GA 30291. These are municipal-records contacts, distinct from the court contact described below.
Official resources: Union City Clerk information; Union City records-request information
Court paperwork and attorney contact
Union City’s Court Information page specifically directs attorneys to send entries of appearance and motions to courtservices@unioncityga.org. Keep this attorney-specific court contact separate from the City Clerk’s open-records request details.
When organizing paperwork for an attorney discussion, group court documents separately from municipal-records correspondence. A clear file structure and event timeline can help keep the two kinds of information distinct.
Official resources: Union City attorney-filing instructions; Union City Clerk information; Union City records-request information
Questions about Union City
Where does Union City list its municipal-records request options?
The City Clerk page identifies the Clerk’s Office as the custodian of city records and lists 770-515-7804 and sfreeman@unioncityga.gov. The separate Open Records Request page lists submission through JustFOIA, by email, or in person at City of Union City, Attn.: City Clerk, 5047 Union Street, Union City, GA 30291.
Where does Union City direct attorneys to send an entry of appearance or motion?
Union City’s Court Information page specifically directs attorneys to send entries of appearance and motions to courtservices@unioncityga.org. The Clerk’s records-request contacts are listed separately.
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.