Bloomberg Law
Sept. 3, 2019, 5:52 PM UTCUpdated: Sept. 4, 2019, 4:40 PM UTC

Dorian Forces Court, Law Firm Office Closures (Corrected)

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Reporter
Sam Skolnik
Sam Skolnik
Reporter

Hurricane Dorian forced closure of numerous federal and state courts from Florida to South Carolina on Tuesday as well as some offices of several top law firms in the region.

Several federal courthouses across Florida, as well as those in Savannah and Brunswick, Ga., and Charleston, S.C., shut down, with some planning to stay that way through the week.

More than three dozen state trial courts and four appellate courts in Florida also closed. State Courts in Georgia and South Carolina announced closures, too.

Dorian grew in size and began to track northward, prompting mandatory evacuations in southeastern ...

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