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December 9, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Stake Out My Space': Attorneys, Law Professors Flock from X to Bluesky

Texas appellate attorney Raffi Melkonian, who has been called the Dean of Appellate Twitter, said he began seeing more ads, bots and hateful content on X in recent years, to the point that he said he has blocked dozens of accounts a day.

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The State v. Stillman

Publication Date: 2024-08-16
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Markle
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, Cliff Head, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellant.
for defendant: Bernard Brody, (Brody Law Firm), Atlanta, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A24A0594

Court reverses application of rule of lenity that trial court cited to vacate trafficking charges, and remands for resentencing of defendant on trafficking and pandering charges

Wierson v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-08-01
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Brown
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rubin, (Peters, Rubin & Sheffield), Decatur, Kristen Novay, (Garland, Samuel and Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee; Justin Moore, (Aequitas Legal Services, LLC), Atlanta, Amanda Walker, (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for AM.
Case Number: A24A0241

Court affirms ruling allowing insanity defense and reverses an order allowing evidence of compliance with prescription medication in a vehicular homicide case

Olsen v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-04-12
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Rickman
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Clark Palmer, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: C. Cross, Sherry Boston, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office DeKalb County Courthouse), Decatur, Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: A23A1506

Court reverses police officer's conviction related to use of force policy in a case involving a fatal shooting, but notes that officer may be retried for aggravated assault

March 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Appeals Court Overturns Convictions of former DeKalb Officer Who Fatally Shot Naked Man

The trial court was wrong to admit the policy into evidence without identifying and redacting the portions that conflict with Georgia law, state Court of Appeals Judge Brian Rickman wrote in a unanimous opinion Tuesday.

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Alexander et al. v. Francis

Publication Date: 2023-11-16
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Damages
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis, (Ichter Davis, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Heather Brown, (Brown Law, LLC), Roswell, for appellee.
Case Number: A23A0934

Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Open Default After Defendants Failed to Plead Meritorious Defense

August 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Election Charges Not Halting Defendants' Law Firms' Operations

"Ray Smith's longtime clients have known him as an honest, trustworthy, law-abiding and zealous advocate who has always provided advice and counsel with integrity," said attorney Don Samuel, who is representing the leader of Smith & Liss. "They would never abandon him."

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Favorito et al. v. Wan et al.

Publication Date: 2023-06-07
Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Harding, (Attorney at Law), Griffin, Paul Kunst, (Paul C. Kunst PC), Barnesville, for appellant.
for defendant: Amanda Clark Palmer, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Cheeley, (Cheeley Law Group LLC), Alpharetta, Preston Haliburton, (Haliburton Law Firm), Atlanta, Charles Joyner, (C. David Joyner, P.C.), Buford, Dominique Martinez, David Lowman, Cheryl Ringer, Steven Rosenberg, Kaye Burwell Francesca Black, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Charlene McGowan, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Gabrielle Holland, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, William Charles Bundren, (Bundren Law Group, PLLC), Frisco, for other party.
Case Number: A22A0939

Remand to Trial Court Necessary to Determine Plaintiffs' Standing to Sue County on Claims of Unlawful Dilution of Election Votes

Perdue et al. v. Barron et al.

Publication Date: 2023-04-17
Practice Area: Election and Political Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Cheeley, (Cheeley Law Group LLC), Alpharetta, Gabrielle Holland, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, William Charles Bundren, (Bundren Law Group, PLLC), Frisco, for appellant.
for defendant: Charles Joyner, (C. David Joyner, P.C.), Buford, Cheryl Ringer, Mathew Plott, (Fulton County - Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A22A1528

Court affirms dismissal of a petition for declaratory and injunctive relief that addressed matters involving the November 2020 general election

In the Matter of Nathan E. Hardwick IV.

Publication Date: 2023-03-31
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristen Wright Novay, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S23Y0502

Court accepts petition fort voluntary surrender of a law license following petitioner's conviction on numerous felonies involving financial fraud