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  • Swanson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dixon Lackey, Herbert Poston, (District Attorney), Dalton, Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1554

    Court affirms conviction for DUI less safe over defendant's multiple contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • 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

  • 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

  • Goldoller Management Services, LLC et al. v. Kristian Smith

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Sumrall, Paige Cobbs, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Glass, James Robson, (Glass & Robson, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles Hall, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1567

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment for defendant in a premises liability action, finding that injured party had greater knowledge of the threat than defendant

  • City of Atlanta et al. v. Girls Galore, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-12
    Practice Area: Entertainment and Sports Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Callins, Hermise Pierre, (City of Atlanta Law Department - Litigation Practice Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cary Wiggins, (Wiggins Law Group), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1608

    Court affirms superior court reversal of mayor's sanctions on a nightclub where those sanctions were not based on findings from a Review Board hearing

  • Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission v. New Georgia Project Action Fund et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-08
    Practice Area: Discovery | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth Young, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Russell Willard, (Attorney at Law Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyce Lewis, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Bryan Sells, (Law Office of Bryan L. Sells LLC), Atlanta, Marc Elias, Aria Branch, Elisabeth Frost, Alexi Velez, (Elias Law Group LLP), Washington, for appellee; Other Parties, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin & Horst, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0748

    Court affirms denial of a motion to compel a document subpoena to two campaign entities and reverses an order modifying a subpoena to another entity

  • Hill v. Kemp

    Publication Date: 2022-12-01
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Tucker, (Tucker & Associates Law Firm LLC), Jonesboro, Alan Parker, (Alan Parker Law Firm LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Jacobs, Christopher Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Andrew Dearing, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1113

    Court affirms denial of a suspended sheriff's petition for a writ of mandamus for to require his reinstatement