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  • In the Matter of Daveniya Fisher.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, James Stephen Lewis, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0582

    Public Reprimand Appropriate Discipline For Attorney Who Failed to Appear On Behalf of Client at Civil Forfeiture Hearings

  • Gaddy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, David K. Getachew-Smith, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0334

    When Conducting a Follow-Up or Continuation of an Interview, a Reminder of Miranda Rights May Be Allowed in Place of a Complete Restatement

  • In the Matter of L. Nicole Brantley.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    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: L. Nicole Brantley, Rincon, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Quentin LaMont Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0339

    Voluntary Discipline Not Appropriate For Attorney With Extensive Disciplinary History Who Showed Lack of Candor and Remorse

  • In the Matter of George Michael Plumides.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    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: George Michael Plumides Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Y0357

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Engaged in Serious Misconduct And Failed to Respond to Disciplinary Notice

  • In the Matter of Willie George Davis, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    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: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Delia T. Crouch, (Law Office of Delia T. Crouch), Newnan, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0378

    Indefinitely Long Suspension From Practice Not Allowable And Would Not Serve Disciplinary Purposes

  • Volkova v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Hall County Solicitor's Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0006

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Instruction to Jury on Statement Made to Police by Murder Appellant Who Was Not in Custody at the Time

  • Lofton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Sirianni, Jr., (Brownstone, P.A.), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1101

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Defendant's Motion to Suppress His Cell Phone Records; Exclusionary Rule Does Not Apply to That Evidence

  • Hurston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Peter J. Skandalakis, John Clinton Winne, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1223

    Appellant Fails to Show That Trial Court Violated His Right to Be Present During Trial or That His Trial Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance

  • In the Matter of Jeffrey Bull Grable.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Wolanda R. Shelton, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Bull Grable, Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0603

    Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Admitted to Abandoning Client

  • In the Matter of Patrick A. Powell.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-12
    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: Patrick Anthony Powell, (Patrick Powell & Associates), Dacula, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0468

    Disbarment Was Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Intentionally Abandoned Client in Criminal Matter