Jody D. Peterman, LLC represents people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence and clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia. The firm serves clients statewide from its Valdosta office. Habersham County separately publishes Demorest’s municipal directory entry and its own Board, Sheriff and records-guidance resources.
A practical starting point
- Identify the agency named on any incident paperwork; do not assume the city or county has a particular record.
- Keep copies of paperwork related to the injury or criminal matter together for discussion with an attorney.
- Note which agency issued or prepared each document, if that information appears on it.
- For a Sheriff’s Office arrest, incident, or accident report, use the Sheriff’s Office Open Records Officer contact listed by Habersham County.
- For a question about which department to contact for an open-records request, use the county’s published question contact.
- Keep the Demorest municipal-directory contact distinct from Habersham County offices and records contacts.
Personal-injury representation
The firm represents people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence. This practice is for injury matters; it is distinct from defending a person facing criminal charges.
For an initial conversation, organize the paperwork you have and be ready to describe the general nature of the injury matter. The firm says that first conversation is intended to help understand the matter’s general nature and identify appropriate next steps.
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. That offering addresses criminal charges, rather than a claim for compensation arising from an injury.
Keep charge-related papers together with the agency names shown on them. Preserve any notices and correspondence with the relevant document, and identify the questions you want to raise about the criminal matter.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services; Habersham County records-request routing
Distinguish Demorest’s municipal listing from county offices
Habersham County’s municipal directory lists Demorest at 579 Georgia Street, with P.O. Box 128, Demorest, GA 30535-0128, and phone 706-778-4202. This is the directory’s municipal contact listing; it is not the same listing as a county records contact.
The county identifies the County Clerk as Open Records Officer for the Board of Commissioners only. For questions about which department to contact for an open-records request, the county publishes 706-839-0215. Keep these county roles distinct when sorting out whom to contact.
Official resources: Habersham County municipal directory; Habersham County records-request routing
Use the Sheriff’s Office records contact for its reports
Habersham County’s records page separately directs requests for Sheriff’s Office records—including arrest, incident, and accident reports—to the Sheriff’s Office Open Records Officer. It lists so_records@habershamga.com and 706-839-0513 for those records.
Keep a Sheriff’s Office report or request under the agency name shown on it. The county’s separate Board of Commissioners records designation remains with the County Clerk; preserve those two published office roles when organizing your correspondence.
Official resources: Habersham County records-request routing
Questions about Demorest
What contact does Habersham County list for Demorest?
Habersham County’s municipal directory lists Demorest at 579 Georgia Street, with P.O. Box 128, Demorest, GA 30535-0128, and telephone 706-778-4202. Retain the directory’s municipal-contact label and its listed street and postal-box information together.
Where does Habersham County direct requests for Sheriff’s Office reports?
For Sheriff’s Office records—including arrest, incident, and accident reports—the county directs requests to the Sheriff’s Office Open Records Officer and lists so_records@habershamga.com and 706-839-0513. The county separately identifies its County Clerk as Open Records Officer for the Board of Commissioners only.
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.