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  • Lucas v. Charles Schwab & Company Inc. Ira Account No. XXXX-2410 et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Panos Constantinides, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keisha Coleman, (McGuirewoods LLP), Bainbridge, Jeremy Moulton, (The Moulton Firm), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1991

    Court affirms verdict that a decedent's ex-wife was the primary beneficiary of his IRA on the basis of his ratification of his agent's actions.

  • Richards et al. v. Bose et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Butler, (Ellis Painter Ratteree & Adams), Savannah, Kevin Tallant, Jonah Howell, (Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Teague, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Keisha Martin Chambless, (Teague & Chambless), Cumming, Jeffrey Schneider, (Weissman, P.C.), Atlanta, Larry Oldham, (Larry C. Oldham, P.C.), Cumming, Vinay Bose, Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: A19A2076

    Because Proper Service Had Not Yet Occurred, Trial Court Erred in Concluding That Defendants Were in Default

  • The State v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2020-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyette Holmes, Amelia Pray, John Melvin, Stephanie Adrean, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, David Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2358

    Undue Prejudice From Prior Bad Acts Evidence Outweighed Minimal Probative Value as to Intent, Knowledge, and Motive

  • Soler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stewart Bratcher, (The Bratcher Firm, LLC), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: John McClellan, Leigh Patterson, (Assistant District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2465

    Evidence Adduced at Trial Was Sufficient to Authorize Jury to Find Defendant Guilty of Burglary and Theft

  • Faulkner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Strickland, (Strickland & Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Leonard, Sean Garrett, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2220

    Defendant's Responses on Pretrial Faretta Waiver Form Did Not Establish Knowing Waiver of Right to Counsel

  • Reder v. Dodds et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca McLaws, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Bloom, (Richardson Bloom & Lines LLC), Atlanta, Allen Harris, (Harris Divorce & Family Law), Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1668

    Court affirms custody award in favor of grandmother and denies adoptive father's challenge to that award and to an order requiring him to pay fees

  • Chatham, et al. v. Gardner Excavating, Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hylton Dupree, Jeffrey Reilly, (Dupree & Kimbrough, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Fields, Crighton Allen, (Fields Howell Athans & McLaughlin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1864

    Trial court's striking of responsive pleadings was an appropriate sanction for appellant's willful contempt of trial court's payment orders.

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Marc Mallon, (Senior Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2014

    No Showing That Prosecution Improperly Sought to Goad Defendant to Seek Mistrial

  • Hamlette v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Barnhill, Alexander Markowich, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1839

    Court affirms voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault convictions against two brothers, bet remands case for resentencing due to merging error

  • Mitchell v. Capehart

    Publication Date: 2020-02-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad Greer, (VanLanduyt Giles Greer, LLC), Decatur, Denise VanLanduyt, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, appellant.
    for defendant: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2139

    Trial Court Was Not Authorized to Dismiss Custody Modification Petition