• Carpenter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm LLC), Atlanta, Peter Keith Johnson , Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A0439

    Court Rejects Appeal by Murderer Who Was Denied Opportunity to Present Evidence to Establish that Accomplice Was Generally Prone to Violence, Approving of Trial Court's Conclusion That Such Evidence Was Impermissible Character Evidence

  • In the Matter of Nathan E. Hardwick, IV

    Publication Date: 2019-02-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin N. Loeb, Edward T. M. Garland, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, PC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19Y0455

    Suspension of Attorney's License Continued Pending Resolution of Appeal of Felony Convictions Litigation

  • Tenet Healthsystem GB, Inc. v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2018-08-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Automotive | Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth Jr. (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta; Brian K. Mathis (Huff Powell & Bailey LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robin N. Loeb, Anne H. Coolidge-Kaplan (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, PC.), Atlanta, for appellee. Layne Zhou, Hunter S. Allen Jr. (Allen & McCain PC), Atlanta, for amicus appellant. Charles Madden Cork III, Decatur, for amicus appellee. Eric Jeffrey Frisch, Claire A. Sumner (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta; Michael Scott Bailey, David Donald Mackenzie (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S17G1021

    Claim In Second Amended Complaint Imputing Simple Negligence Against Hospital Related Back to Original Malpractice Complaint

  • In The Matter of Claud L. Mciver, III.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-25
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Franklin Samuel (Garland Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, for other party.

    Case Number: S18Y1161

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary suspension of his license to practice law pending the outcome of his appeal of his criminal convictions arising out of the shooting death of his wife.