• White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Margaret Louttit, Natalee Staats, (Assistant District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0738

    Trial Counsel's Tenuous Connection to Victim Through Assistant's Relation by Marriage Did Not Establish Actual Conflict of Interest

  • Jones v. White

    Publication Date: 2011-10-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexa R. Ross and Richard L. Robbins RobbinsFreed, Atlanta, for Jones. James E. Dearing Jr., Atlanta, for White. Christopher W. Phillips Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for Khalil. William B. Hill Jr. and Joseph C. Sharp Ashe, Rafuse & Hill LLP, Atlanta, for Brock. Other party representation: Jeffrey M. Smith, Mark G. Trigg, Richard J. Valladares, and Ryan C. Grelecki Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1047; A11A1048; A11A1049; A11A1050; A11A1051

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant consultant, as material issues of fact remained regarding the fee-splitting arrangement between the plaintiff and this defendant,