• August 3, 2016 | Daily Report Online

    15 More Lawyers Added to Georgia Supreme Court Nomination List

    Fifteen names were added Wednesday to the nominations pouring in for the two new seats on the Georgia Supreme Court that Gov. Nathan Deal plans to fill later this year. The state'

    1 minute read

  • August 2, 2016 | Daily Report Online

    Here's Who's Been Nominated For the Supreme Court of Georgia So Far

    The Judicial Nominating Commission had received

    1 minute read

  • The People v. Helms, KA 13-00647

    Publication Date: 2016-07-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Fourth Department
    Judge: Before: Presiding Justice Nancy Smith, Centra, Dejoseph, Curran, and Scudder, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Leah R. Mervine of Counsel, Sandra Doorley, District Attorney, Rochester.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: David R. Juergens of Counsel, Timothy P. Donaher, Public Defender, Rochester.

    Case Number: KA 13-00647

    Cite as: The People v. Helms, KA 13-00647, NYLJ 1202763437939, at *1 (App. Div., 4th, Decided July 8, 2016) CASENAME The People of the State of New York, Respo

  • People v. Marlo Helms, KA 13-00647

    Publication Date: 2016-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
    Judge: Before: Smith, J.P., Centra, DeJoseph, Curran, And Scudder, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Leah R. Mervine of Counsel, Sandra Doorley, District Attorney, Rochester.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: David R. Juergens of Counsel, Timothy P. Donaher, Public Defender, Rochester.

    Case Number: KA 13-00647

    Cite as: People v. Helms, KA 13-00647, NYLJ 1202762295696, at *1 (App. Div., 4th, Decided July 8, 2016) CASE NAMEThe People of the State of New York, Responden

  • Peruta v. County of San Diego

    Publication Date: 2016-06-09
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-06-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Irma E. Gonzalez, Senior District Judge, Presiding Morrison C. England, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge and Harry Pregerson, Barry G. Silverman, Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, William A. Fletcher, Richard A. Paez, Consuelo M. Callahan, Carlos T. Bea, N. Randy Smith and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul D. Clement (argued), Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Paul Henry Neuharth, Jr., Paul Neuharth, Jr., APC, San Diego, California; Carl D. Michel, Glenn S. McRoberts, Sean A. Brady, and Bobbie K. Ross, Michel & Associates, P.C., Long Beach, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: James Chapin, County Counsel, Office of County Counsel, San Diego, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 10-56971 No. 11-16255

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 5986 EDWARD PERUTA; MICHELLE LAXSON; JAMES DODD; LESLIE BUNCHER, DR.; MARK CLEARY; CALIFORNIA RIFLE AND PISTOL ASSOCIATION FOUNDAT

  • Foster v. Chatman

    Publication Date: 2016-05-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-05-23
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. 14–8349

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 5249 TIMOTHY TYRONE FOSTER, PETITIONER v. BRUCE CHATMAN, WA

  • Cronan v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2016-05-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Michmerhuizen, Warren Coppedge Coppedge Evans PC, and Daniel Laird Laird Litigation LLC, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monica Gilroy, Tania Trumble Dickenson Gilroy LLC, Alpharetta, Dustin Sharpes Wargo French LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1996

    The trial court erred in dismissing the defendant's counterclaim to quiet title, since the allegations of the counterclaim disclose the defendant would be entitled to relief if it was determin

  • Kliesrath v. Estate of Davis

    Publication Date: 2016-05-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terri N. Gordon, Assistant County Attorney, and Laura K. Johnson DeKalb County Law Department, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lance D. Lourie Watkins, Lourie, Roll Chance LLP, Robert A. Moss Moss Rothenberg, Angela R. Fox, and James D. Summerville The Summerville Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S15G1206

    The Court of Appeals did not have jurisdiction over a direct appeal from a decision denying two police officers' motion for summary judgment based on official and qualified immunity in a lawsuit ari

  • Clark v. Deal

    Publication Date: 2016-05-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne B. Kendall, Fayetteville, for Clark et al.. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Russell D. Willard, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Susan R. Haynes, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for Deal et al..
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16A0559; S16X0560

    The Governor's appointment of three new judges to the Court of Appeals of Georgia was not unconstitut

  • Amos v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Yurachek Yurachek Associates LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Michael V. Snow, Cynthia Cartwright, Assistant District Attorneys, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1580

    Although the defendant claimed he shot the victim in self-defense, the evidence authorized the jury to conclude that he fired his gun not out of a reasonable belief that his life was in danger, but