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March 29, 2018 | Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Trump's Latest Lawyer Looks Like He's in Over His Head

Looking at Ekonomou's biography and cases where he's appeared as counsel of record, it's hard to see how he's prepared to play a major role in the president's defense.

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In The Matter Of Donald Edward Smart

Publication Date: 2018-03-21
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 (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Donald Edward Smart (The Smart Law Firm), Stratford, for appellee.
Case Number: S18Y0511

The Supreme Court imposed a Review Panel reprimand on an attorney for his violation of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.2 (a), 1.3 and 1.4 in connection with his representation of a client.

In The Matter Of Cheryl Joyce Braziel

Publication Date: 2018-03-21
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Wayne Hendrix (Finch McCranie, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: William Jacob Cobb, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S18Y0434

The Supreme Court rejected attorney's petition for voluntary discipline in which she sought a review panel reprimand after her office submitted a fabricated letter from another attorney to an insurance company.

Drews v. The State

Publication Date: 2018-03-15
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Benham
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica M. O'Grady (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Rosemary M. Greene, Jana Willingham Allen (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
Case Number: S17A1873

Defense Counsel Not Constitutionally Ineffective Assistance For Failing to Investigate Allegations Raised in Supplemental Police Report and Video

Kemp v. The State

Publication Date: 2018-03-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Gerhard Waldemar Ziegler, Christopher Ryan Lee (Lee & Ziegler, LLP), Canton, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Michael Scott Carlson, John Stuart Melvin, D. Victor Reynolds, John Richard Edwards (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: S17A1646

The evidence supported defendants' convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with a planned robbery that turned fatal and the trial court properly admitted a former police informant's testimony about statements one of the defendants made to him while they were in jail together, as the former informant was not acting as a government agent at that time.

Morrison v. The State

Publication Date: 2018-03-13
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Boggs
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Morrison, Pelham, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Tracy K. Chapman, Bradfield M. Shealy, Michelle Thomas Harrison (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta.
Case Number: S17A1750

The evidence supported defendant's malice murder conviction in connection with the death of his girlfriend and defendant failed to prove his several prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

Goodrum v. The State

Publication Date: 2018-03-09
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Grant
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; Monique Lynn Kirby, Edward Andrew Case, III (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange; Peter J. Skandalakis (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
Case Number: S17A1748

Defendant Had No Constitutional Right to Be Present When Attorneys Met in Chambers With Judge to Discuss Juror's Qualification

In The Matter of Adam Lorenzo Smith.

Publication Date: 2018-03-05
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel (The Steel Law Firm, PC.), Atlanta; Bruce H. Morris (Finestone & Morris), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), for appellee.
Case Number: S18Y0484

Attorney Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Bribery Was No Longer Qualified to Practice Law

March 2, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Deal Names Another New Judge

Douglas Judicial Circuit District Attorney Brian Fortner will move up to the state court bench as soon as he can be sworn in, the governor announced.

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In The Matter Of Richard V. Merritt.

Publication Date: 2018-03-02
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Vinson Merritt (The Merritt Firm, LLC), Smyrna, for appellant.
for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S18Y0387

Attorney's Failure to Disburse Client Funds to Client and Failure to Provide Accounting Warranted Termination of License to Practice