Jody D. Peterman, LLC offers personal-injury representation and defense for serious felony charges in Georgia, serving clients statewide from its Valdosta office. Cleveland separately publishes general City Clerk, Municipal Court and Police Department records contacts.
Prepare for a conversation or records inquiry
- Note whether your matter concerns a serious injury involving another party’s negligence or a serious felony charge.
- Write a short timeline of the events and identify the people or organizations involved.
- For a City Clerk request, keep the general city-records contact distinct from the Municipal Court records contact.
- For a police accident or incident report request, identify that it is a Police Department report and note the listed contact.
- Keep any records or communications you already have together, and note which office each item came from.
- Use the first conversation with the firm to explain the general nature of the matter and identify appropriate next steps.
Two distinct legal practices
The firm represents people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence. Its personal-injury practice is focused on injury matters; it is distinct from defending a person facing a criminal charge.
Jody D. Peterman, LLC also represents clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia. Keep charge-related documents with their exact charge wording, office names and the dates printed on them when preparing to describe that matter.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
Cleveland City Clerk and Municipal Court records
For general City records requests, the City Clerk contact listed by Cleveland is lritchie@clevelandga.org or 706-865-2134, extension 4. The city separately lists Municipal Court records at 706-865-0058; these are distinct published contacts.
Keep the Municipal Court records label with that number, separately from general City Clerk requests and the Police Department’s accident and incident report contacts.
Official resources: Cleveland records-request contacts
Organize a first conversation
A concise account can help you describe whether your concern involves a serious injury tied to another party’s negligence or a serious felony charge. Write down the basic sequence of events and the people or organizations involved, if known.
The firm describes its first conversation as a way to understand the general nature of a matter and identify appropriate next steps. Keep the questions you want to raise beside the relevant documents you already have.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
Police accident and incident report requests
Cleveland’s records page separately identifies Police Department accident and incident report requests at cpdinfo@clevelandga.org or 706-348-7078. Keep that Police Department report-request label with the email address and telephone.
When organizing a question about those reports, retain the document type and issuing agency with the contact. The city publishes separate general City Clerk and Municipal Court records contacts, so keep each office label alongside the particular record question.
Official resources: Cleveland records-request contacts
Questions about Cleveland
Which contact is listed for general City records, and which is listed for Municipal Court records?
The city lists general City Clerk requests at lritchie@clevelandga.org or 706-865-2134, extension 4. It lists Municipal Court records separately at 706-865-0058.
Who is the published contact for a Police Department accident or incident report request?
The city identifies cpdinfo@clevelandga.org or 706-348-7078 for Police Department accident and incident report requests.
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.