• Wells v. Regions Bank

    Publication Date: 2019-08-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Strauss, (Attorney at Law), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Burke, Myles Levelle, Brian Moore, Vivian Fisher, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Gordon Wells, Conroe, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0404

    Triable Issue of Fact as to Whether Construction Loan and Line of Credit Were Inextricably Linked

  • O'Brien v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2019-07-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad Greer, (VanLanduyt Giles Greer, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy Richardson, Eric Wilborn, (Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0502

    Court Affirms Modification of Support and Custody Arrangement Over Challenge to Jurisdiction, Concluding Father Had Consented to Jurisdiction of Modifying Court

  • In the Interest of T. Y. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Judson Smith, (Smith Law Group, P.C.), Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lance Hamilton, (Lance J Hamilton P.C.), Sparta, for appellee. Lawrence Turner, (Harris County Correctional Institute), Hamilton, Courtney Anderson, (C. Joiner Anderson & Associates, PC), Lyons, Mary Claire Brannon, (TLC Casa), Swainsboro, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0226

    Deficiencies in Juvenile Court's Dependency Court Prevented Meaningful Review of Mother's Appeal

  • In the Interest of M. R. B., A Child

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael McCarthy, (Mike McCarthy, Criminal Defense Lawyer), Rocky Face, George Souther, (Little, Bates, Kelehear & Toland PC), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson, (Johnson Law PC), Cohutta, for appellee. Matthew Thames, (Matthew D. Thames, Attorney at Law), Dalton, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0490

    Order Terminating Parental Rights Lacked Evidentiary Support And Was Riddled With Material Errors

  • Carr v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Strickland, (Strickland & Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Pray, D. Reynolds, John Melvin, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0346

    Court Affirms Convictions for Various Crimes Arising from Theft by Attorney of Widow's Assets, Rejecting Range of Meritless Challenges to Trial Proceedings

  • Patterson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Raymond, (Hogue & Hogue (of Counsel), Macon, Laura Hogue, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Bibler, George Hartwig, George Hartwig, Thomas Woody, (Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney), Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0085

    Prosecutor Did Not Overreach By Suggesting During Vigorous Cross-Examination That Defense Witness Had Concealed Evidence

  • Holzheuser v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0757

    Court affirms child molestation conviction over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and improper admission of evidence

  • In The Interest Of KNJ

    Publication Date: 2019-07-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Chapa
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 04-18-00826-CV

    Mother's three children were removed from the custody of their father and his girlfriend after allegations of physical abuse and neglect and sexually acting out with each other.

  • SEC v. Arcturus Corporation

    Publication Date: 2019-07-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Energy and Natural Resources | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Stewart
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-10503

    Appellants sold interests in several oil and gas drilling projects to investors and never registered the interests as securities.

  • M.L. v. Superior Court (San Mateo County Human Services Agency)

    Publication Date: 2019-07-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 1st District
    Judge: Justice Sanchez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A156130

    Dependency court acted within its authority in removing minors from their home in response to modification request for "detention" only