• January 12, 2021 | The American Lawyer

    Boies Schiller's Young Lawyer Ranks Are Shrinking

    Since last year, at least 44 associates have left Boies Schiller and recruiting new lawyers is becoming a challenge.

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  • Aquatic Care v. Cooper

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-18-01108-CV

    Appellee's doctor referred her to appellant for aquatic therapy to treat pain and numbness in her legs.

  • Isaac v. Burnside

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-18-01096-CV

    Following a bench trial, the trial court rendered judgment in favor of a decedent's widow on her breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims against the independent executor of the decedent's estate for failing to give her one-half of the money in the decedent's bank accounts and by failing to reimburse her for expenses she incurred for the decedent's funeral.

  • Brown v. Tarbert

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Consumer Protection | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-18-00388-CV

    Appellants leased a house from appellee Tarbert in 2015.

  • January 7, 2021 | Legaltech News

    Legal Tech's Predictions for Business of Law and ALSPs in 2021

    Many attorneys, technologists and legal experts expect continued change in the legal ecosystem in 2021. But it's not just alternative legal service providers—it's how law firms and corporate legal departments fundamentally interact with their data, their people, and even each other.

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  • Rice et al. v. Fulton County, Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-06
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, (Knight Palmer, LLC), Atlanta, Ranse Partin, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, Lindsey Hillis, Delia Williams-Carroll, (The Hillis Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Colin Delaney, Anthony Rollins, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, Robin Burnette, (Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Cheryl Ringer, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Burwell, (Fulton County Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Jeffrey Haymore, (Dillard Sellers, LLC), Atlanta, Anamaria Hazard, Reginald Martin, (City of Atlanta, Law Department), Atlanta, C. Thomas, Michael Stacy, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, Ken Jarrard, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Patrick Stough, E. Cox, Dennis Davenport, (McNally, Fox, Grant & Davenport, P.C.), Fayetteville, Richard Lindsey, (Lindsey Law Firm PC), Peachtree City, Winston Denmark, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Emilia Walker, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, John O'Neal, (Clayton County Boad of Commisioners), Jonesboro, Valorri Jones, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Christa Freeman, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Huening, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, Meredith Germain, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, William Turner, (Turner & Ross, LLC), Marietta, Daniel Lee, (Attorney For The City of Sandy Springs), Sandy Springs, Matthew Weiss, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, Brad Bowman, Decatur, Chad Alexis, (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, Ernest Bennett, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, David Davidson, Robert Hulsey, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Lajuana Ransaw, Andrew Welch, Priya Patel, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1898

    Taxpayers Stated Class Action Claim Under Tax Refund Statute For Allegedly Illegal Assessments

  • Appellate Division, Second Department:December 30, 2020

    Publication Date: 2021-01-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Handdown List released on: December 30, 2020
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department:December 30, 2020

  • Endeavor Energy v. Energen Resources

    Publication Date: 2021-01-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blacklock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-1187

    The lease at issue allowed petitioner Endeavor to retain its leasehold interest in the entire parcel only by drilling a new well every 150 days, except that petitioner was allowed to "accumulate unused days in an 150-day term in order to extend the next allowed 150-day term between the completion of one well and the drilling of a subsequent well."

  • Oneida Indian Nation v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2020-12-31
    Practice Area: Native American Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, Oneida Indian Nation: David A. Reiser, on the brief, Michael R. Smith, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Counter Claimants-Appellants, Melvin L. Phillips, Sr. and the Melvin L. Phillips, Sr./Orchard Party Trust: Claudia L. Tenney, Clinton, NY on the brief, Joseph R. Membrino, Cooperstown, NY.

    Case Number: 19-2737-cv

    Oneida Indian Nation Has Tribal Right to Possession of 19.6 Acres in Oneida County

  • Appellate Division, First Department:December 22, 2020

    Publication Date: 2020-12-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department:December 22, 2020