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  • In the Matter of Sherri Jefferson

    Publication Date: 2019-10-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherri Jefferson, Riverdale, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Anthony B. Askew, (Chair, Review Panel), Atlanta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, Patrick E. Longan, (Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University), Macon, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S19Y0527

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Made False Statements to Tribunal, Knowingly Communicated With Person Represented by Counsel, and Engaged in Dishonesty, Fraud, Deceit, and Misrepresentation

  • Rockdale Hospital, LLC v. Evans et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-24
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel James Huff, Sharonda Boyce Barnes, Randolph Page Powell, Jr., (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lloyd Noland Bell, (Bell Law Firm), Atlanta, Sidney Leighton Moore, III, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Lawrence Bernard Schlachter, (Schlachter Law Firm PC), Atlanta, James O. Wilson, Jr., (Trial Lawyers), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1189

    Court of Appeals Erred in Overriding Medical Malpractice Jury's Zero Damages Award For Past Pain and Suffering

  • The State v. Hamilton

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia Jean Brooks, James Bradley Smith, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey R. Sliz, Lawrenceville, Matthew K. Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0722

    Trial Court Properly Applied Thirteenth-Juror Analysis When It Granted New Trial

  • McCammon v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-25
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Faith Arndt, (Newton County Public Defender's Office), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, Amber Rae Bennett, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0490

    Testimony of Accomplice to Murder Was Adequately Corroborated by Independent Evidence

  • In the Matter of Phillip Norman Golub

    Publication Date: 2019-09-24
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillip Norman Golub, (Phillip N. Golub PC), Blackshear, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Y1128

    Voluntary Discipline Denied Where Rule Violation Uncertain And No Firm Promise to Fully Repay Client

  • In the Matter of Charles Edward Taylor

    Publication Date: 2019-09-23
    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: Charles Edward Taylor, (Law Office of C.E. Taylor), Stockbridge, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Charles David Jones, (Beck, Owen & Murray), Griffin, for other party.
    Case Number: S19Y1192

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Committed Numerous Disciplinary Violations in Connection With Mortgage Loan Services

  • In the Matter of Christopher J. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2019-09-20
    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: Christopher John Thompson, (Christopher J. Thompson PC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Y0873

    Disbarment Appropriate For Attorney Who Abandoned Client and Never Responded to Disciplinary Authorities

  • Mack v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0947

    Admission of Police Interviewer's Comment That Embraced Ultimate Issue at Trial Was Neither Prejudicial Nor Statutorily Barred

  • In the Matter of Jeffrey L. Sakas (three cases).

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    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: Jeffrey L. Sakas, (Jeffrey L Sakas LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Paul T. Carroll, III, Rome, for other party.
    Case Number: S19Y1164

    Court disbars attorney due to multiple violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct

  • Cheeves v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office) Thomaston, Elizabeth Morgan Kendrick, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0739

    Defendant Who Pointed Gun At Victim and Fired Multiple Rounds Not Entitled to Invol-untary Manslaughter Instruction