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  • In the Matter of Debra Kaye Scott

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kaye Scott, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0508

    Court accepts attorney's petition for reprimand as a result of her violations of Georgia Bar Rules and Rules of Conduct

  • In the Matter of Tiffini Colette Bell

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tiffini Colette Bell, (Holloway Bell LLC), College Park, Tiffini C Bell, Atlanta, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, LaRae Dixon Moore, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0440

    Court affirms special master's report and disbars attorney from practice of law in Georgia due to knowing and intentional misconduct

  • Watkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Floyd M. Buford, Jr., (Buford & Buford), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anita Reynolds Howard, Jason Michael Martin, Shelley T. Milton, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0016

    Evidence That Defendant's Sister Angered Him Not Sufficient to Change Felony Murder Conviction to Involuntary Manslaughter

  • In the Matter of Mark Preston Jones.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-25
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Preston Jones, Columbus, Mark Preston Jones, Ludowici, 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: S22Y0606

    Order of Emergency Suspension Appropriate After Attorney Voluntarily Advised State Bar of Discipline in Another State

  • Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, Amanda Kay Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Lawson Neff, Darryl Dwayne Adams, Susan Mary Cremer, Timothy Shane Peagler, (The Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, Todd Robert Henningsen, (Henningsen Injury Attorneys, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori G. Cohen, Sean Patrick Jessee, Andrew Zachery Ryan Smith, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Hugh Blavin , Anne K. Conley , John Blackston Major Pope, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), Los Angeles, Anne Dodson Gower, (Gower Wooten & Darneille LLC), Atlanta, Robert David Johnson, (Johnson & Alday, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Brian DeVoe Rogers, (Rogers & Fite, LLC), Atlanta, Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, PC), Atlanta, Paul Isaac Hotchkiss, (Hotchkiss Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (Bey And Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Steven Ashby, (The Ashby Firm), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; W. Ray Persons, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Michael L. Eber, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0555

    Manufacturer's Duty of Care Extended to Selecting From Alternative Product Designs in Light of Foreseeable Risks of Harm

  • Cook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Lorraine Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, William Wright Banks, Jr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cedartown, for appellee; Jill Anderson Travis, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S21A1270

    Criminal Defendant Alleging Deprivation of Right of Appeal Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Must Seek Habeas Relief

  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Jadawnya Baker.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-23
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Prescott Boring, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald J. Freeman, Sr., (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City, Janise L. Miller, Atlanta, Richard L. Robbins, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Ronnie K. Batchelor, (Gwinnett Co. Justice & Administration), Lawrenceville, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Z1070

    Public Reprimand of Judge Appropriate Discipline for Periodically Dismissing Cases Without Legal Authority

  • In the Matter of Jerry Boykin.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Boykin, Powder Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0563

    Court accepts attorney's petition for violation of Rules 505(a) and 8.4(a)(4)

  • Grier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1249

    Admission of Child's Hearsay Statements at Murder Trial Satisfied Requirements of Child Hearsay Statute

  • In the Matter of Anthony O. Van Johnson.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Samuel Jeffrey Rusbridge, (Dyer & Rusbridge, P.C.), Canton, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0282

    Six-Month Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Attorney Who Admitted to Rules Violations in Two Civil Matters