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  • Dekalb County v. Stanley

    Publication Date: 2021-10-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shelley Momo, Laura Johnson, John Jones, Noah Priest-Goodsett, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robin Clark, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0820

    Court reverses denial of County's summary judgment motion on plaintiff's Disabilities Act claim and affirms dismissal of negligence claim due to sovereign immunity

  • October 7, 2021 | Daily Report Online

    New Litigation Alert: Zimmer Biomet, Maker of Knee Replacement Device, Sued Following Implant Recall

    "We've handled, I think, over 20 of these cases, so far," said plaintiff's attorney Tim K. Hall of Hall & Collins Injury Law in Athens.

    4 minute read

  • In the Matter of Carl S. Von Mehren.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-22
    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, Catherine Koura, (Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y1097

    Six-Month Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Trust Account Violation and For Representation Failure in Real Estate Case

  • In the Matter of William Leslie Kirby III.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    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: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Thomas E. Cauthorn, (Cauthorn Nohr & Owen), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y1075

    Voluntary Request for Six-Month Suspension Granted Following Denial of Three Previous Requests for Lesser Suspension Periods

  • Woods v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Michelle Thomas Harrison, James Bennett Threlkeld, Bradfield M. Shealy, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0862

    Potential Prejudice From Trial Counsel's Alleged Ineffectiveness Required Remand For Review of Facts and Related Issues

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0779

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • In the Matter of Matthew A. Bryan.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    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: Matthew Alexander Bryan, (The Penland Law Firm), Ringgold, 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: S21Y1070

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Georgia Attorney Who Was Disbarred in Another State For Serious Rules Violations

  • In the Matter of Timothy Walter Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Walter Boyd, (Boyd Law Group LLC), Johns Creek, for Appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Laura Joan Murphree, (Cobb County Attorney's Office), Marietta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21Y0608

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Committed Numerous Serious Rules Violations In Connection With Probate Matter

  • Townsend v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Joseph Smith, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr., (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0997

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Seek Jury Instruction on Lesser Included Homicide Offense

  • August 24, 2021 | Daily Report Online

    Georgia Supreme Court Could Clarify State Law in Case Weighing Third-Party Liability for Loads Secured on Vehicles

    Former justice-turned-Alston & Bird-senior-counsel Keith R. Blackwell weighed in on the case via amicus brief.

    6 minute read