Judge denies request to halt land work at public safety training center site
A Fulton County judge has denied an injunction that would have pressed pause on construction of Atlanta’s planned public safety training center in DeKalb County. Superior Court Judge Thomas A....
Opponents of proposed public safety training center lose court battle to stop construction
ATLANTA - Opponents of a controversial $90 million planned Atlanta Public Safety Training Center have lost a battle in court. Land clearing for the police and firefighter training center that protesters derisively refer...
Motion to stop construction at Atlanta Police training center denied by judge
ATLANTA — A Fulton County judge denied a motion seeking a temporary restraining order against the Atlanta Police Foundation. The restraining order was an attempt to stop construction at the site of...
Lawsuit claims Fulton County doesn’t have the right permits to build APD training facility
ATLANTA — Homeowners say they want to take legal action against the Atlanta Police Foundation Inc. in an attempt to stop the clearing of land at the site for the...
Simon Bloom testifies before the Georgia House of Representatives Study Committee examining Housing Affordability and Access
On September 28, 2022, Simon Bloom testified before the Georgia House of Representatives Study Committee examining Housing Affordability and Access. Simon focused on one root cause of the shortage of...
Simon Bloom named BGCA 2022 Board Member of the Year
Simon H. Bloom was named the Board Member of the Year by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) Georgia Council at their 2022 Georgia Hall of Fame Ceremony, held...
Bloom Parham welcomes Summer Associates
Bloom Parham, LLP is pleased to welcome summer associates Virginia Eith and Ronnie Thompson to the firm. Virginia and Ronnie are both rising third-year law students at Georgia State University...
Bloom Parham partners with Second Helpings Atlanta to battle food insecurity in Metro Atlanta
The season of giving is year-round here at Bloom Parham. The firm packed and delivered over 150 snack packs to Intown Collaborative Ministries through our ongoing partnership with Second Helpings...
Developer Wins $6M Verdict In Rezoning Dispute With Brookhaven
A suburban city outside Atlanta has been ordered to pay millions to a developer and two homeowners after a jury found that city officials purposefully stalled a multifamily project in what an attorney...
$6.7M ruling against Brookhaven could have ‘chilling effect,’ mayor says
Shocking. That’s the word attorneys, plaintiffs, defendants and city officials have used to describe a jury verdict against Brookhaven. A DeKalb County jury found last week that city leaders actively...
Brookhaven order to pay millions over mishandled development deal
BROOKHAVEN, Ga. - A jury has ordered the city of Brookhaven to pay more than $6 million in damages for how the mayor and city manager handled a development project that started in 2017....
‘It Just Does Not Happen’: How a Real Estate Developer Won a $6M Judgment Against a City
Atlanta real estate attorney Simon Bloom of Bloom Parham said he’s been practicing for 25 years but never seen anything like what happened in Brookhaven, Georgia—the high-end residential hot spot just across...