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  • In the Matter of Nathan E. Hardwick IV.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristen Wright Novay, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0502

    Court accepts petition fort voluntary surrender of a law license following petitioner's conviction on numerous felonies involving financial fraud

  • In the Matter of David John Pettinato.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0434

    Ten-Day Suspension Appropriate as Reciprocal Discipline For Similar Discipline Impose on Georgia Attorney Licensed in Florida

  • In the Matter of L. Nicole Hamilton.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: L. Nicole Brantley, Rincon, for appellee; Quentin LaMont Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0201

    Six-Month Suspension Appropriate Discipline Following Attorney's Failure to Return Unearned Fees and Timely Pay Arbitration Award

  • In the Matter of Dana Nicole Jackson.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana Nicole Jackson, (The Law Office of Dana N. Jackson), Snellville, for appellee; Samuel Jeffrey Rusbridge, (Dyer & Rusbridge, P.C.), Canton, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0451

    Disbarment Was Appropriate Sanction After Attorney Knowingly Converted Client's Property

  • Vincent v. Annucci

    Publication Date: 2023-03-30
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John M. Walker, Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Shawn Michael Vincent: K. Wade Eaton, The Eaton Law Firm, Pittsford, NY, on the brief, Jon P. Getz, Law Office of Jon Getz, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: For Anthony J. Annucci: Andrea Oser, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Brian D. Ginsberg, Assistant Solicitor General of Counsel, for Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General and Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, Albany, NY. For amici curiae the Plaintiff Class in Betances v. Fischer: Matthew D. Brinckerhoff, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 21-22

    No Error in Prior Rulings' Application to Deny Qualified Immunity in Suit Over PSR Terms

  • Whipkey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman Kilgore, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Leslie Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1722

    Court affirms convictions for rape, enticing a minor, and related crimes over defendant's contentions of evidentiary error and ineffective assistance.

  • In the Interest of N. E. K., a child.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton Nelson, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jennifer McComas, (Jennifer T. McComas, P.C.), Vidalia, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1471

    Court reverses termination of parental rights of both a father and a mother as to their child because the record showed no intent to abandon, or specific harm to the child

  • Fisher v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-20553

    A disabled public-school student was sexually assaulted by another student with known violent tendencies.

  • In the Interest of ZRM

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 04-22-00787-CV

    The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services removed Z.R.M. from mother's care because both mother and Z.R.M. tested positive for drugs when Z.R.M. was born.

  • Nix v. Major League Baseball

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-20364

    A performance enhancing drug company owner, who alleged that he was defamed after being investigated by Major League Baseball, failed to prove on appeal that he was entitled to relief.