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  • November 14, 2012 |

    50 best law firms for women named

    Working Mother magazine and women-focused consulting firm Flex-Time Lawyers announced their list of the 2012 Best Law Firms for Women on Tuesday.

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  • Glaze v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Silverbach The Silverbach Group LLC, Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Atlanta, and Andrea Newton District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1270

    The Court of Appeals affirmed defendant's convictions for rape, kidnapping, armed robbery, theft by taking, and three counts of possession of a gun during the commission of a

  • October 4, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: October 4, 2012

    Japan Morrison & Foerster is advising Japanese Internet and telecommunications group Softbank Corp. in its $2.3 billion acquisition of eAccess, a ri

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  • Brooks v. RES-GA ALBC LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Clifton The Clifton Law Firm LLC, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Andrew Gebhardt and John Webb Smith, Welch & Brittain, Stockbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0082

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his admissions, since the motion was untimely, the defendant did not show that the admissions were incredib

  • Coney v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony Axam Axam Law, Atlanta, and Danielle Roberts, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise Fachini, District Attorney, Barbara Becraft and Henry Jones, Assistant District Attorneys, Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0667

    The defendant lost the right to a suppression hearing because his attorney filed the motion to suppress on the first day of trial in violation of a standing order to file such motions within 10 days

  • Bunn v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James B. Smith, District Attorney, Winder, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11G0682

    The Supreme Court overruled Division 3 of Woodard v. State, 269 Ga. 317 1998, holding that it was inconsistent, the legislature had a rational basis for creating the Child Hearsay Statute and the st

  • May 29, 2012 |

    Green Pro Bono seeks in-house lawyer volunteers

    New eco-minded organization looks to expand its outreach

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  • Hicks v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-05-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon Brown & Gill, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Deborah Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0998

    The scheme perpetrated by the defendant involved an investment contract or security, as th ims parted with their money in anticipation of investment gains, a common enterprise existed because t

  • April 29, 2012 |

    Without women role models, Hilton Worldwide's GC blazed her own trail to the top

    In-house veteran Kristin Campbell believes lawyers provide an advantage to businesses

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  • April 20, 2012 |

    Surgical mesh litigation moves forward

    A group of cringe-worthy product-liability lawsuits concerning transvaginal mesh (TVM) are moving forward.

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