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  • 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

  • Jenkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1127

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's challenge to sufficiency and admission of evidence and assertions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • In the Matter of Sawand Palmer.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy W. Copeland, Tyrone Nathaniel Haugabrook, (Copeland, Haugabrook & Walker), Valdosta, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, LaRae Dixon Moore, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S22Y0394

    Suspension From Practice Appropriate Following Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Discipline

  • In the Matter of Waymon Sims (two cases).

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Anne Koehler, (Law Office of Christine Koehler), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Catherine H. Hicks, (Fox, Chandler, Homan, Hicks & McKinnon), Gainesville, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0395

    Petition For Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriately Accepted Following Attorney's Admission of Serious Rules Violations

  • In the Matter of Justin Grey Woodward.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Grey Woodward, (Law Offices of J.G. Woodward), Chattanooga, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0331

    Public Reprimand Appropriate Following Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Discipline

  • In the Matter of Cory Howerton Fleming.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Pendarvis, (Pendarvis Law Offices PC), Beaufort, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0339

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

  • In the Matter of Billy Reid Zeh, III.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-04
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0231

    Acceptance of Petition for Voluntary Discipline Warranted Following Attorney's Guilty Pleas to Assault Charges

  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-01-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1092

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and rejects defendant's contentions that the evidence was all circumstantial and insufficient to support a conviction

  • In the Matter of Jason Lee Van Dyke.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Lee Van Dyke, (The Marsala Law Group), Denton, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0046

    Additional Factual Findings Necessary Prior to Ruling on Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Discipline