• Wang v. Liu

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. Long IV, John L. Latham, Brandon R. Williams Alston & Bird LLP, William G. Leonard, and Gregory G. Schultz Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John M. Tatum, Rachel C. Young Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, and Charles M. Yoon Yoon & Kim LLP, New York, N. Y., for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1485

    The trial court erred in making permanent an interlocutory injunction prohibiting the appellant from transferring certain assets while the appellee's underlying suit against him was pending without

  • Rashid v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner, Cory G. Begner, and Boris Y. Milter Begner & Begner PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jason B. Green, Kathryn L. Powers, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1698

    The trial court properly admitted a videotape of the defendant's conversation with family members in the police interrogation room, as no reasonable expectation of privacy existed and no evidence es

  • Kammerer Real Estate Holdings LLC v. PLH Sandy Springs LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-12-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig K. Pendergrast and E. Peyton Nunez Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana L. Jackel and Christopher L. Phillips Jackel & Phillips PC, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1435

    The trial court properly determined that the appellant had a duty, pursuant to an express easement, to maintain and repair a sewer line that traversed the appellee's pro

  • Cox v. Mayan Lagoon Estates Ltd.; Cox v. Constantino

    Publication Date: 2012-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Tribble The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Schultz, Deborah Livesay Taylor English Duma LLP, and Jonathan Crumly Maner Crumly Chambliss LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Frank Constantino, Rock Springs, proceeded pro se.

    Case Number: A12A1062; A12A1063

    A proposed settlement was admissible for the limited purpose of showing whether the individual defendant was the agent of two corporate defen

  • Lovell v. Georgia Trust Bank

    Publication Date: 2012-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherri Buda and Simon Bloom The Bloom Sugarman Everett LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Durdaller and Amy Weber Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1234

    The documents, which the defendant sought to compel in this suit to recover the principal and interest due on a promissory note, were inadmissible under the parol evidence rule, since the plaintiff

  • Choate Constr. Co. v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reginald Williamson Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Jones, Chad Reed, and Nicole Burgess Busch & Reed, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Henry Quillian Taylor English Duma LLP, Brenda Orrison Porter & Barrett, Atlanta, and Thaddeus Dedmon, Jasper, proceeded pro se.

    Case Number: A12A1045

    A question remained as to whether a subcontractor and another named company were the same business entity for the purpose of bonds on a subcontract to perform work for the construction of fraternity

  • In re Estate of Johnston

    Publication Date: 2012-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lacrecia G. Cade Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William B. Hill Jr., Lawanda L. Nowlin Ashe Rafuse & Hill LLP, and Roger A. Kirschenbaum, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0995

    T ate's administrator failed to comply with O.C.G.A. § 53-7-50 b 1's notice provision, and the probate court failed to hold a hearing before concluding that the appellant was not a creditor of

  • November 5, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    July 2012 Bar Pass List

    AARON-COOPER, MELISSA VANESSAABAEV, NISSIM ABBOTT, CHRISTOPHER JOHNABBOTT, MAXWELL ROLLERABBOTT III, CHARLES LINCOLNABDEL-ALEEM, YUSSUF SALAHABDEL-RAHMAN,

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  • Lopez-Jiminez v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Crosby, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Michael Morrison, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A1473

    Defense counsel was not deficient for failing to raise a futile motion to suppress methamphetamine and related evidence, which officers seized from the defendant's residence pursuant to a valid sear

  • Brathwaite v. Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew C. Billips Billips & Benjamin LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randy C. Gepp Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, and Mary J. Huber, Decatur, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A0165

    The plaintiff alleged facts in her amended complaint, which, if true, would support her claim that her former supervisor tortuously interfered with her employment contract during a time when she was