Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael L. Brown, Bernard Taylor Alston & Bird, and Angela Adams, Atlanta, for appellant. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, John S. Melvin, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Michael S. Carlson, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, and Rhani M. Lott Hunton & Williams LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Brenda J. Bernstein The Bernstein Firm PC, Charles T. Brant, Atlanta, and John H. Petrey, Decatur.
for defendant:
Case Number: A11A0859
The trial court abused its discretion in disqualifying an attorney and law firm from continued representation of the defendant in a criminal matter because the firm also represented the employer of