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  • September 19, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Supreme Court of Georgia Suspends 1 Lawyer for 3 Years

    The state's high court issued one attorney discipline opinion Tuesday.

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  • In the Matter of Ramon David Sammons Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ramon David Sammons, Jr., Atlanta, for appellee; Charles David Jones, (Charles D. Jones Attorney at Law LLC), Griffin, Joshua Clark Bell, (Joshua C. Bell, LLC), Whigham, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0743

    Attorney Was Not in Default When Special Master Issued Default Order

  • In the Matter of Susan Janette Lopez.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Janette Lopez, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y1047

    Court accepts attorney's petition for surrender of her law license after she pled guilty to a felony charge of aggravated stalking

  • In the Matter of Andrew Matteson.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-08
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Lang, (The Lang Legal Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0585

    Attorney Provided Adequate Assurance He Would Not Commit Future Rules Violations After Completion of Proposed Suspension

  • August 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Judge Denies Fulton County's Motion for $38K in Attorney Fees in Election Challenge Case

    "This court does not find that the plaintiffs' petition was frivolous since it presented a clear issue of fact the court had to resolve. The court also does not find any party acted in bad faith in regard to any matters raised in this issue," Senior Fulton County Superior Court Judge David Emerson wrote in his order.

    6 minute read

  • In the Matter of Keith Chance Hardy.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-22
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Chance Hardy, Columbus, for appellee; Delia T. Crouch, (Law Office of Delia T. Crouch), Newnan, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0869

    Disbarment Appropriate For Attorney Who Abandoned Clients, Converted Client Property, and Demonstrated Lack of Competence

  • In the Matter of Richard H. Middleton, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard H. Middleton, Jr. (Middleton LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0922

    Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriate Discipline Following Misuse of Client Funds in Single-Client Matter

  • Wood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Allen Yurachek, (Yurachek & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0637

    Evidence Did Not Support Defendant's Claim He Shot Victim in Self-Defense

  • Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Brian David Trulock, (Magmutual Insurance Company), Atlanta, Carrie A. Moss, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Peter Andrew Law, Brian Colty Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, James Alexander Rice, Jr., Andrew J. Brandt, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, , for appellee; Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Valentin Leppert, Martha Banner Banks, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Rebecca Woods, Esther Slater McDonald, (Seyfarth Shaw LLP.), Atlanta, Adeline K Lambert, Kyle D. Hawkins, Drew F. Waldbeser, (Lehotsky Keller LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Martin Adam Levinson, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellant; Gilbert H. Deitch, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips, William Michael D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0527

    Court rules that in premises liability cases, the reasonable foreseeability of a third-party criminal act is a factual determination linked to a proprietor's obligations

  • Perryman-Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Agatha K. Romanowski, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0228

    Defense Counsel's Cross-Examination of Medical Examiner Was Within Range of Reasonable Professional Assistance