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  • In the Matter of Howard L. Sosnik

    Publication Date: 2020-06-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard L. Sosnik, (Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP), Garden City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y1078

    Six-Month Suspension of License Appropriate Sanction For Conduct Warranting Similar Discipline in Another State

  • Hill v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0285

    Order Requiring Criminal Defendant to be Visibly Shackled During Six-Day Jury Trial Was Reversible Error

  • Keller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn E. Rhodes, (Office of the Public Defender), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, George Epps Lipscomb, II, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0006

    Search of Cell Phone Was Not Warrantless; Warrant Described With Particularity the Cell Phone and Its Contents to Be Searched

  • In the Matter of D. Duston Tapley, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-29
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Duston Tapley, Jr., (D. Dustin Tapley, Jr. Attorney at Law), Vidalia, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Quentin LaMont Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y0754

    Special Master Disregarded Relevant Evidence Regarding Accused Attorney's Mental Competence

  • Mills v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    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, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ryan Reese Leonard, Samantha J Newman, Aimee F. Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0364

    Trial Court Erred in Excusing Holdout Juror Without Sufficient Inquiry or Good Cause

  • In the Matter of Jared Michael Arrington

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    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: Jared Michael Arrington, (J. Michael Arrington, P.C.), Franklin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0312

    Court approves disbarment of attorney that failed to procure total insurance policy and to refund fees paid for that policy.

  • In the Matter of Muhammad Abdul-Warit Abdur-Rahim

    Publication Date: 2020-05-26
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George O. Lawson, Jr., (Lawson & Thornton, P.C.), Atlanta, 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: S20Y0209

    Court accepts attorney's petition for voluntary discipline after attorney was disruptive and disrespectful at a criminal arraignment

  • Martin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Lang Adams, Elizabeth Knight Presley, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Barnesville, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0273

    Court affirms murder convictions over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel, but vacates improper sentence and remands for resentencing

  • In the Matter of Andrew David Taylor

    Publication Date: 2020-05-22
    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: Andrew David Taylor, (Law Offices of Andrew D. Taylor LLC), Las Vegas, 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: S20Y0815

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Conduct Warranting Similar Discipline in Another State

  • In the Matter of Marta Maria Noriega-Allen

    Publication Date: 2020-05-21
    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: Marta Maria Noriega-Allen, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0421

    Disbarment Warranted For Attorney Who Never Responded to Grievance Alleging Abandonment of Client and Failure to Return Unearned Fees