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  • Smith v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2023-02-08
    Practice Area: Family Law | Military Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Buice, (Kevin B. Buice LLC), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brad McFall, (Gammon, McFall & Villarreal), Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1443

    Amended Order Impermissibly Modified Ex-Spouse's Entitlement to Portion of Military Retirement Benefits

  • Mulkey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1452

    Court affirms child molestation conviction over defendant's contentions of error regarding admission of prior bad acts evidence from similar charges that were dismissed

  • Simmons v. Bates et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Practice Area: Contracts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hardee, (Fain, Major, Wiley & Brennan), Atlanta, Robert Harrison, Jackson Griner, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, Michael Arndt, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, John Nichols, (Gwinnett District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1460

    Court affirms denial of a motion to enforce a settlement agreement in a car accident case because the settlement offer had not been accepted by all parties

  • United States v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2023-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Hardiman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rachael A. Honig, Philip R. Sellinger, Mark E. Coyne, and Richard J. Ramsay (Office of United States Attorney)
    for defendant: Neal K. Katyal, Sean M. Marotta, and Danielle D. Stempel (Hogan Lovells US); Lisa Van Hoeck (Office of Federal Public Defender)
    Case Number: 21-2621

    Drugs Regulated as Controlled Substances by State Law During Predicate State Conviction Could Qualify for Federal Sentencing Enhancement

  • U.S. v. Nieves

    Publication Date: 2023-02-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Allison Nichols, Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Jun Xiang, Assistant United States Attorney, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Edward S. Zas, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 21-1901-cr

    Court Exceeded Its Discretion by Insufficiently Accounting for Gang Bias Among Jurors

  • In re T.R.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 4th District
    Judge: Justice Slough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: E079291

    Dependency court may not rely on county's report to provide bases for bypassing reunification services

  • USA v. Escajeda

    Publication Date: 2023-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Oldham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-50870

    In 2018, appellant pled guilty to three counts of drug distribution and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

  • Oklahoma Firefighters Pension v. Six Flags Entmt

    Publication Date: 2023-01-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Deals and Transactions | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Southwick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-10865

    Appellant, a labor union retirement system, purchased appellees' common stock and subsequently brought suit against the company and two executive officers asserting the executives made material misrepresentations and omissions regarding the development of several Six Flags theme parks in China, thereby violating federal securities laws.

  • Guven v. Guven

    Publication Date: 2023-01-27
    Practice Area: Family Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Cooper, (David F. Cooper, P.C.), Marietta, Shiel Edlin, (Stern & Edlin Family Law, P.C.), Atlanta, Christopher Hoffman, (Kitchens Kelley Gaynes, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Simon Bloom, Shannan Oliver, Sean Ryan, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Matthew Thiry, (Matt Thiry Law, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Jon Gottlieb, (Flynn & Gottlieb, P.A.), Atlanta, for other party; Jon Gottlieb, (Flynn & Gottlieb, P.A.), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A1442

    Court affirms order extending an ex-husband's right of first refusal after he filed a contempt motion to his ex-wife's proposed sale of a marital property

  • Brailsford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donell Holiday, (Law Office of Donell Holiday), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Elisabeth Giuliani, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1155

    Court affirms convictions for trafficking a person and attempted child molestation over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and claim of jury charge error