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  • Collins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Pearlman, (Office of the Public Defender Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Kwiatkowski, Deborah Gonzalez, Kenneth Mauldin, (Office of the District Attorney Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, Brian Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0084

    Court affirms convictions for serious injury by vehicle and other crimes over defendant's contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Giller et al. v. Slosberg

    Publication Date: 2021-05-20
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon LLC), Atlanta, Leah Sears, Sasha Greenberg, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tyler Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon LLC), Atlanta, Janet Litt, (Janet Litt, LLC), Atlanta, Kevin O'Sullivan, (Cohen Pollock Merlin & Small P.C.), Atlanta, Frederick Sugarman, Matthew Hawk, (Sugarman Law LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0001

    Court reverses trial court judgment and imposition of a constructive trust in a challenge to an estate distribution matter involving undue influence by trust beneficiaries

  • Clinton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, Jennifer Scalia, (Assistant District Attorney), Cumming, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Daniel S. Reinhardt, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0352

    Court Reverses Incest Conviction; Defendant Was Not Related by Blood to Victim, His Step-Granddaughter

  • Frilando v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, (District Attorney), Savannah, Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Garrett Emmons, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Amanda McCool, (Chatham County District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0169

    Court affirms convictions for aggravating stalking over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and admission and exclusion of evidence

  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Marshall, (Law Office of David D. Marshall), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, John Melvin, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0135

    Court affirms family violence and related convictions over defendant's contentions of trial court error on a withdrawn plea, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Southern States Chemical, Inc. et al. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-22
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Barr, Andrew Stevens, Jeffrey Lewis, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Edwin King, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, George Carley, (Carley, Gregory & Gregory), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cecily McLeod, Kimberly Sheridan, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, Mike Crawford, Bradley Wolff, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Mark Johnson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P. C.), Brunswick, Mark Middleton, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0960

    Court Reverses Order Holding That Statute of Repose Barred Breach of Contract Claim Under Express One-Year Warranty

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

    Publication Date: 2021-04-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, Russell Willard, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Christian Fuller, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan Sells, (Law Office of Bryan L. Sells LLC), Atlanta, Marc Elias, Aria Branch, Courtney Elgart, (Perkins Coie LLP), Washington, Joyce Lewis, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin & Horst LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1818

    Court reverses and remands a matter to the superior court for entry of an order enforcing a subpoena for documents and information from a campaign committee

  • Wright v. Nelson

    Publication Date: 2021-04-13
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Curtright, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Creasy, (The Law Offices of James K. Creasy, LLC), Atlanta, Joseph Cruser, Maggie Beall, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1868

    Trial Court Erred in Denying Personal Injury Action Defendant's Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement; Insurer Had Accepted Personal Injury Action Plaintiff's Settlement Offer

  • Wright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bradley, Daniel Cochran, (District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Monticello, Tuttle Barksdale, (District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1998

    Trial Court Erred by Failing to Grant Defendant's Post-Waiver Request for Counsel; Aggravated Assault, Family Violence Battery Conviction Reversed and Remanded

  • Cousin v. Tubbs

    Publication Date: 2021-04-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tanya Graham, (The Law Office of Tanya Mitchell Graham, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip Ladin, (Ladin & Associates Attorneys at Law), Kennesaw, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2050

    No Reversible Error in Trial Court's Denial of Request for Reimbursement of Child Support Payments Made While Appeal Was Pending