September 11, 2026 -- John Monroe Law, P.C. is suing Athens-Clarke County for denying an open records request, asking for the number of seized firearms the county has stockpiled. Georgia law requires counties to auction off its seized guns and not stockpile them. The County denied the request on the grounds that revealing the information could lead to terroristic acts against the County.
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September 14, 2026 -- John Monroe Law, P.C. has filed a mandamus action against the judge of the Probate Court of Spalding County, after the judge denied a weapons carry license application without lawful authority to do so.
September 14, 2026 -- John Monroe Law, P.C. is suing Newton County, Georgia over an ordinance banning carrying firearms in parks. The firm client has been detained multiple times after being seen armed in county parks. Newton County bans guns in parks despite a state law preempting local regulation, and even a published Court of Appeals opinion ruling that Coweta County cannot ban guns in its parks. The firm has previously sued many cities and counties over this issue, including the City of Atlanta, against which the firm obtained a permanent injunction barring the city from enforcing its own parks gun ban.
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