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  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1198

    Jury Did Not Have to Believe Defendant's Self-Serving Testimony That He Was Defending Himself

  • December 13, 2021 | Daily Report Online

    Judge Settles Ethics Complaint for $25K Fine, Still Faces JQC Probe

    "The reality is we don't see a lot of these cases against judges," Georgia Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission Executive Director David Emadi said. "Judges need to be the best of us."

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  • In the Matter of Monte Kevin Davis.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monte Kevin Davis, Villa Rica, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Jo Carol Nesset-Sale, (Mediation & Law Office of Jocarol Nesset-Sale), Athens, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0085

    Public Reprimand Is an Appropriate Sanction for Attorney Who Sent Text to Harass or Maliciously Injure a Former Client

  • American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. v. Zeh

    Publication Date: 2021-11-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Batson, (The Law Office of John P. Batson), Augusta, Leslie K. Eason, Tiffany N. Taylor, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, Sean Jengwei Young, Brian Matthew Hauss, Andres M. Lopez-Delgado, (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Of Georgia, Inc.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent J. Savage, Kathryn Hughes Pinckney, (Savage Turner Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee; David E. Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for Other Party; Clare Rivka Norins, (First Amendment Clinic), Athens, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G1473

    Actual Malice Standard Applies to Public Official, Who Fails to Show in Defamation Claim That ACLU Disbelieved Truth of Disputed Statements in Blog Post

  • J.P. Carey Enterprises, Inc. v. Cuentas, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-05
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Bonder, Carson Modrall, (Fried Bonder White LLC), Atlanta, Christopher Giovinazzo, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Brannen, Joshua Curry, Ronald Masterson, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0703

    Court affirms ruling that certain provisions in a convertible note were unenforceable penalties but reverses and remands as to whether noteholder waived default provisions

  • Lane v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Eric Phillips, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, William C. Enfinger, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (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: S21A1029

    Trial Court Dd Not Err in Allowing Convicted Defendant's Friend, Who Has a Criminal Record, to Testify Regarding His Willingness to Take a Polygraph Test

  • In the Matter of Leonard T. Mathis.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-03
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard F. Waddington, Douglas Vincent Chandler, (Chandler Law, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, James Stephen Lewis, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Y1269

    Court Accepts Imposition of Public Reprimand as a Sanction for Lawyer's Admitted Violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct

  • Steen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Kerry Van Matre, (The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, PC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jared Tolton Williams, Joshua Bradley Smith, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1002

    Trial Court Must Rule in the First Instance on Convicted Malice Murder Defendant's Right-to-Be-Present at All Stages of His Trial Claim

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erica Cori Matos, (Axiom Global), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0953

    Evidence That Defendant Joined Others in Shooting at Victims Supported Conclusion He Was Party to Felony Murder

  • Skinner v. Miles

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Denise VanLanduyt, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Harbin, (Charles G. Harbin, Jr., P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0980

    Court affirms order granting equitable caregiver status and issuing custody and visitation rights to a former partner in s same-sex couple relationship