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July 12, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Justice Is Served: Highlights From Big Law's Year of Impactful Pro Bono, Including 1 Ga. Case

These 15 wide-ranging matters show what a difference pro bono representation can make in the lives of clients.

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July 11, 2023 | The American Lawyer

Justice Is Served: Highlights From Big Law's Year of Impactful Pro Bono

These 15 wide-ranging matters show what a difference pro bono representation can make in the lives of clients.

13 minute read

Huff v. The State

Publication Date: 2023-03-03
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Colvin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melinda April Wynne, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney’s Office), Albany, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A1266

Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over challenges to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of error, jury bias, and ineffective assistance

Sillah v. The State

Publication Date: 2023-03-02
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Tax
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Clifford Louis Kurlander, Tristan Wade Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A0939

No Affirmative Evidence was Offered to Show Sentencing Court Misapplied Law In Imposing LWOP Sentence on Juvenile Offender

McElrath v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-12-05
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Bethel
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman Maddox Kilgore, Carlos Javier Rodriguez, (Kilgore & Rodriguez, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., Stephanie Adrean Green, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A0605

State May Seek Retrial of Defendant On Count For Which Jury Returned Repugnant Verdict

Sons of Confederate Veterans et al. v. Henry County Board of Commissioners

Publication Date: 2022-11-17
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Kyle King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for appellant.
for defendant: Timothy Joseph Buckley, III, Taylor Wayne Hensel, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Walker L. Chandler, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree City, Mawuli M. Malcolm Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm), Decatur, for Other Party; Les A. Schneider, Thomas Leland Walker, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, Martin Kenneth OToole, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Justin Tharpe Holcombe, (Skaar & Feagle, LLP), Woodstock, for Neutral Amicus.
Case Number: S22G0039

Court concludes that an individual has stand to sue for injunctive relief to prevent removal of monuments, but community groups do not.

Reed v. State

Publication Date: 2022-10-04
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice McMillian
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, Juliana Sleeper, Karen S. Bemis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A0530

Defendant Failed to Show Prejudice Resulting From His Absence From Numerous Bench Conferences During Tria

September 29, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Just Run the Race': Attorney Compares Disqualification Challenge to 'Voter Suppression'

"This, to me, is akin to voter suppression," said Democratic Douglas County chief magistrate candidate Ryan C. Williams. "They are attempting to just limit who the voters get to choose."

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West et al. v. Bowser et al.

Publication Date: 2022-09-09
Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Industry: Health Care
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Brown
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance McCoy, (The McCoy Law Firm), Cartersville, Robert Walker, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert Luskin, Robert Noble, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, David Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kathleen Simcoe, (Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A21A0055

Court affirms order compelling arbitration in a wrongful death matter and determines that the underlying arbitration agreement is enforceable.

Payne v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-08-31
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Devin Austin Rafus, Manubir Singh Arora, (The Aurora Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Juliana Sleeper, Karen S. Bemis Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A0469

Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's challenges to jury instructions and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel.