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In The Matter Of April Dabney-Froe.

Publication Date: 2017-12-21
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S17Y1823

The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of her license to practice law arising out of her multiple failures to promptly give clients an accounting of settlement proceeds, disburse settlement funds, and/or pay medical bills in her clients cases.

In The Matter Of Nolen Arthur Hamer.

Publication Date: 2017-12-19
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Nolen Arthur Hamer (Hamer Law Firm), Cumming, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Thomas L. Holder (Long & Holder), Atlanta, for other party.
Case Number: S17Y1988

The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney after previously rejecting his petition for voluntary discipline, in which he sought a Review Panel reprimand for his admitted violations of several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct.

December 11, 2017 | Law.com

Critical Mass: Bristol-Myers Falls Flat in Philly. Plus Quoting Shakespeare andRaising Hell

Bristol-Myers Blues: There is one place where the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bristol-Myers has not been a game-changer for the defense bar: Philadelphia--a hub for mass torts, particularly in pharmaceuticals and medical devices--where a judge has refused to dismiss all but one of about 120 pelvic mesh lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon unit based on the U.S. Supreme Court's Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court decision.

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Avery et al. v. Paulding County Airport Authority et al.

Publication Date: 2017-12-06
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Transportation
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Branch
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles McKnight, Alison Ballard (Taylor English Duma, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert Baker (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta; J. Davis, Lee Carter (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP), Rome, for appellee.
Case Number: A17A0849

The Court partially reversed the dismissal of three related declaratory judgment actions arising out of the efforts of a county and a county airport authority to apply for a commercial Airport Operating Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Blevins v. The State

Publication Date: 2017-12-05
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Ray
Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
for defendant: N/a
Case Number: A17A0639

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting certain other acts evidence in a middle school band director's trial for enticing a child for indecent purposes and child molestation arising out of his interactions with a student.

Jones et al. v. Peach Trader Inc., et al.

Publication Date: 2017-11-29
Practice Area: Civil Appeals
Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
Court: State Court
Judge: Justice Grant
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Powell (Law Office of David A. Powell), Gainesville, for appellant.
for defendant: Teresa E. Adams (Adams Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S17A1314

The Georgia Supreme Court vacated the trial courts order dismissing defendants' initial notice of appeal from an order modifying an existing interlocutory injunction and dismissed the appeal because an order modifying or dissolving an interlocutory injunction is not subject to direct appeal under O.C.G.A. § 5-6-34 subsection(a) (4).

The State v. Licata

Publication Date: 2017-11-22
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Keller (Sr. Assistant Solicitor General), Cumming; William Finch (Solicitor General of Forsyth County), Cumming, for appellant.
for defendant: Woodrow Smith (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Matthew Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A17A1200

The trial court erred in granting DUI defendant's motion to suppress the results field sobriety tests and evidence of his refusal to take a breath test because he was sufficiently warned of his right not to incriminate himself before the field sobriety tests and he was not entitled to counsel when deciding whether to submit to the state-requested breath test.

The State v. Peabody

Publication Date: 2017-11-20
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Government
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cliff Head (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton; Lara Snow (Cherokee County D.A.'S Office), Canton; Shannon Wallace (District Attorney), Canton, for appellant.
for defendant: David Willingham (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A17A1258

The trial court properly granted former lieutenant's motion to quash an indictment against him for two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals in connection with the hot-car death of his K-9 dog because he was acting within the scope of his official job duties when the alleged crimes occurred and he was therefore entitled to the protections afforded by O.C.G.A. § 17-7-52, including timely notice of the grand jury proceeding and a copy of the proposed indictment, but State failed to comply with those statutory mandates.

Glenn v. The State

Publication Date: 2017-11-09
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
Industry:
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, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Anna Green Cross (Dekalb County District Attorneys Office), Decatur; Harry Steven Ruth (Office of the District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: S17A0858

The Court affirmed defendant's murder conviction, finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting lay witnesses to give testimony identifying defendant as one of the people in a surveillance video recording of the murder and robbery and the trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized during the search of his sisters apartment.

Intercontinental Services of Delaware, LLC v. Kent

Publication Date: 2017-10-30
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Corporate Entities | Wrongful Death
Industry: Transportation
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Bethel
Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
for defendant: N/a
Case Number: A17A0917

The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's wrongful death suit for lack of personal jurisdiction, because defendant did not transact any business in Georgia and did not solicit business, or engage in any other persistent course of conduct, in Georgia.