• Wood et al. v. Wade et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Wood, (L. Lin Wood, P.C.), Atlanta, Ibrahim Reyes, (Reyes Lawyers, P.A.), Coral Gables, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Beal, Milinda Brown, (Buckley Beal LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0558

    Court affirms interlocutory injunction to enforce a non-disparagement clause in a settlement agreement between attorneys that were formerly in business together

  • Britt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Gregory Wagner, (Assistant District Attorney), Jefferson, Victoria Goff, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1695

    Court reverses and remands denial of a pro se motion to withdraw a negotiated guilty plea because defendant was not warned of post-conviction risks of proceeding pro se

  • Donovan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dixon Lackey, Herbert Poston, (Assistant District Attorney), Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1407

    Court vacates order denying pro se motion for a new trial because defendant did not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waive his right to post-conviction counsel

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1672

    Court affirms conviction for statutory rape over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claim of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Roberts v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Gibson, (The Gibson Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Crochet, (Kutak Rock LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Isler, (Kutak Rock LLP), Denver, Kimberly Sheridan, Jeremy Stallman, (Gordon Rees Scully Manshukhani, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1598

    Court dismisses appeal of dismissal of breach of contract action and remands for consideration of whether motion for substitution of deceased party should be accepted

  • Miles v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Georgia Public Defender Council - The Appellate Division), Atlanta, Grace Liu, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1378

    Trial Court's Failure to Instruct on Lesser-Included Offense In Absence of Written Request Not Reversible Error

  • American Anesthesiology of Georgia, LLC v. Northside Hospital, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Allen, Jeffrey Clark, (McGuire Woods LLP), Charlotte, Stanley Roberts, Matthew Fitzgerald, (McGuire Woods LLP), Richmond, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bauer, Jeffrey Baxter, (Baker Hostetler, LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Bosin, Robert Highsmith, Allen Hendrick, Jacquelyn Watts, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Wesley Ross, (Webb, Tanner & Powell), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Kathryn McConnell, (Littler Mendelson PC), Atlanta, Paul Kennedy, (Littler Mendelson, P.C.), Washington, William Vail, (Polsinelli PC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A1644

    Court reverses ruling that a no-hire restrictive covenants clause in an agreement between two health care providers is unenforceable

  • Spires v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2021-12-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Piasta, Michael Walker, (Piasta Newbern Walker, LLC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, Douglas Dean, (Lawson & Reid), Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Cowsert, Michael Broun, (Cowsert & Avery), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1299

    Trial Court Erred in Granting Summary Judgment in Personal Injury Case; Conflicting Evidence Exists as to Injured Plaintiff's Location at the Time of the Collision

  • Neely v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara Mattes, (Barbara Mattes Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1216

    Court reverses trial court's denial of motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop because the stop was unreasonably prolonged with no suspicion of a crime

  • McNeil v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Devin Rafus, (Arora Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Parrish, Marietta, John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1600

    Court reverses denial of motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop because the officer unreasonably prolonged the stop without reasonable suspicion