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  • Fulton County v. Ward-Poag

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie J Bryan, Allegra J. Lawrence, Maia Jeanelle Cogen, Lisa Michele Haldar, (Lawrence & Bundy LLC), Atlanta, Kaye Woodard Burwell, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Wyatt McLaws, (McLaws law group LLC), Marietta, for appellee. Lisa Young Smith West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for Other Party. Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, David Norton Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1619

    Triable Factual Issues as to Whether Party's Inconsistent Position in Bankruptcy Case Barred Her Whistleblower Claims

  • Glenn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Alston Pearlman, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, Brian Vance Patterson, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19G1236

    Common Law Right to Resist Unlawful Arrest Includes Right to Use Proportionate Force Against Government Property to Counter Illegal Detention

  • In the Matter of Pamela Sturdivant Stephenson.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taurean Stephenson, Lithonia, 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: S21Y0081

    Court Accepts Petition for Voluntary Surrender of License by Lawyer Who Was Suspended After Failing to Respond to State Bar's Notice of Investigation

  • In the Matter of Timothy Walter Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lance Witherspoon Gowens, (The Gowens Law Firm, LLC), Cumming, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Laura Joan Murphree, (Cobb County Superior Court Administration), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y1503

    Court Rejects Attorney's Third Petition for Voluntary Discipline, Citing the Excessive Nature of the Attorney's Bar Violations

  • In the Matter of Leighton Reid Berry, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    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: Leighton Reid Berry, (Law Offices of Attorney Leighton R Berry Jr LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0607

    Personal Injury Attorney Should Be Disbarred for Failing to Inform Client of Settlement and Failing to Make Payment to Physical Therapy Provider on Client's Behalf

  • In the Matter of Dennis W. Hartley

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    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: Dennis W. Hartley, (Dennis W. Hartley PC), Colorado Springs, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Anthony B. Askew, (Chair, Review Panel), Atlanta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y1352

    Disbarment From Practice of Law in Georgia Is the Appropriate Sanction in Reciprocal Discipline Matter Arising From Disbarment From Practice of Law in Colorado

  • In the Matter of William Leslie Kirby III.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, Andreea N. Morrison, (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, James Charles Thornton, (Thornton & Graham PC), LaGrange, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y1261

    Proposed Four-Month Suspension Is Insufficient in Light of Lawyer's Pattern of Misconduct Committed in Connection With Multiple Client Matters

  • Parker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Grossman, (Law Office of Richard A Grossman), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, David K. Getachew-Smith, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0826

    Court affirms defendant's murder convictions over multiple contentions of error relating to his mental state

  • Innovative Images, LLC v. James Darren Summerville, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-06
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn S. Whitlock, Kelli Kimberly Steele, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Caleb Frank Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Daniel Brent Snipes, (Taulbee Rushing Snipes Marsh & Hodgin, LLC), Statesboro, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1026

    Mandatory arbitration clause in attorney engagement letter was not unenforceable as against public policy or substantively or procedurally unconscionable

  • Synovus Bank v. Kelley

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Garland, Stephan Alan Ray, (Moore, Clarke, Duvall And Rodgers P.C.), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter W. Kelley, (Kelley, Lovett, Blakey & Sanders, P.C.), Albany, Thomas Dozier Lovett, Thomas Dozier Lovett, (Kelley, Lovett, Blakey & Sanders, P.C.), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Q0843

    Judgment Creditor's Lien on Debtor's Real Property Was Not Created Until Judgment Was Recorded