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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
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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

Cook v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-04-14
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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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

Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

Publication Date: 2022-04-14
Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
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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

Burbach v. Motorsports of Conyers, LLC et al.

Publication Date: 2022-04-07
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Retail
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Reese
Attorneys: For plaintiff: K. Reddy, (Reddy Law Firm, PC.), Suwanee, for appellant.
for defendant: Joseph Maguire, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, Kevin Maxim, (The Maxim Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A21A1420

Court reverses an injunction to enforce a restrictive covenant against a former employee because trial court erroneously applied Florida rather than Georgia law

Inquiry Concerning Judge Jadawnya Baker.

Publication Date: 2022-03-23
Practice Area: Court Administration | Judges
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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

Bell v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-03-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Mercier
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
for defendant: Randal McGinley, Alexandra Stone, (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
Case Number: A21A1215

Court reverses convictions for second-degree murder and cruelty to children due to insufficient evidence, but affirms conviction for contributing to a minor's dependency

March 8, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Who's to Blame? In Case Involving Sam's Club Mattress on Roadway, Georgia High Court Clarifies Responsibility

"Where there is evidence that a third party was injured as a result of a vehicle's load becoming loose, detached, or in any manner a hazard to users of the public road due to an unforeseeable or unavoidable intervening cause, the defendant-loader may not be liable for injuries arising from the load becoming unsecured," the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled Tuesday.

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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)