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  • In the Matter of Barry Wayne Rorex

    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: Adrienne Denise NASH, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry Wayne Rorex, Tucson, Barry Wayne Rorex, Sonita, 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: S20Y0814

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

  • Evans et al. v. Rockdale Hospital, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-05-19
    Practice Area: Damages | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Bell, (Bell Law Firm), Atlanta, Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, James Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sharonda Boyce, Daniel Huff, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Heather McGrotty, (Weathington Mgrew PC), Atlanta, Paul Weathin, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0233

    Court vacates and remands zero damages award in medical malpractice case for determination of whether the verdict was void as inconsistent

  • In The Matter of Matthew A. Dickason

    Publication Date: 2020-05-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Justin Pearce, (Stovash, Case & Tingley P.A.), Orlando, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Y1450

    Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Admitted to Numerous Failures to Account For Fiduciary Funds

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Jones, (Leslie Spornberger Jones LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Mauldin, Brian Patterson, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2224

    Convictions for Sexual Battery and Sodomy Vacated for Resentencing; Court Should Have Imposed a Split Sentence in Accordance With Statute in Effect at Time of Sentencing

  • In the Matter of Marc Celello

    Publication Date: 2020-05-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas A. Lotito, (Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0679

    Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Convicted of Securities Fraud Offense

  • March 31, 2020 | Daily Report Online

    JNC Sends Shortlist to Kemp for Supreme Court, Southern Circuit

    Gov. Brian Kemp now has shortlists of candidates to replace Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell, plus Southern Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge James G. Tunison Jr.

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  • In the Matter of Julianne Wesley Holliday.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-30
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julianne Wesley Holliday, (Chattahoochee Circuit Public Defenders Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0065

    Court agrees that disbarment is an appropriate sanction for three disciplinary proceedings brought against an attorney

  • Sponsler v. Sponsler et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Heath, (Erika Heath, Attorney At Law), San Francisco, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Ballinger, (Attorney at Law), Canton, Margaret Washburn, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, April Sponsler, Stone Mountain, John O'Brien, (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P.C.), Norcross, Viraj Deshmukh (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2282

    In Light of Reversal of Prior Appeal in Underlying Divorce Action, Trial Court Erred in Failing to Grant Ex-Husband Reimbursement for HELOC Payments

  • Richardson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Brown Dillon, (Brown & Gill, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Mark Geller, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Clark Ellison Candler, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0306

    Court affirms murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Naples v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry M. Hazen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Rachelle L. Carnesale, Shannon Glover Wallace, Cliff Head, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1571

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting 'Other Acts' Evidence in Trial Convicting Defendant of Murdering a 17-Month-Old Child