• In the Interest of B. R. F.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Rawlings McMillan Rawlings LLP, Sandersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Tammy Griner, Griffin, for appellee. Other party representation: Todd Harding, Michael Feltman, Griffin, Roger Montgomery, Talbotton, and Charles O'Neill, Zebulon. Amicus: Lisa Krisher, Phyllis Holmen, Vicky Kimbrell Georgia Legal Services Program Inc., Atlanta, and Jane Okransinski Georgia Ass'n of Counsel for Children, Athens.

    Case Number: A14A1536

    The Court found that it had jurisdiction to grant an out-of-time application for discretionary appeal from an order terminating a mother's parental rights, because the mother's due process rights we

  • March 31, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Two Rejoin McKenna Long

    Two former partners at McKenna Long & Aldridge, Jim Thomas II and Phil Bradley, returned to the firm as senior counsel in March. Thomas was a name partner with Cary

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  • March 31, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Two Rejoin McKenna Long

    Two former partners at McKenna Long & Aldridge, Jim Thomas II and Phil Bradley, returned to the firm as senior counsel in March.

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  • February 16, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Troutman Sanders Increases Gains Over 2013

    Troutman Sanders contin

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  • February 16, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Troutman Sanders Increases Gains Over 2013

    Troutman Sanders continued to grow last year, posting strong gains in revenue and profit on top of a solid 2013.

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  • February 2, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Justices Reject State's Bid to Save Murder Conviction on Issue of Defendant's Silence

    A trial judge was right to give a murder defendant a new trial because his lawyer should have objected to a prosecutor's comments to jurors that the defendant failed to call police to re

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  • February 2, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Justices Reject State's Bid to Save Murder Conviction on Issue of Defendant's Silence

    A trial judge was right to give a murder defendant a new trial because his lawyer should have objected to a prosecutor's comments to jurors that the defendant failed to call police to report that he'd shot a man, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled on Monday.

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  • December 17, 2014 |

    Salviejo v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Salviejo v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.87 Hawai’i 430Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai‘i.Indalescia…

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  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven M. Harrison, Public Defender, Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, John A. Fitzner III, Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Mary K. McKinnon, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1228

    Defense counsel was deficient in failing to object to the trial court's questioning of the defendant's alleged accomplice about his truthfulness, since the trial court's questions clearly intimated

  • December 2, 2014 |

    Berges v. Infinity Ins. Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Berges v. Infinity Ins. Co.896 So.2d 665Supreme Court of Florida.Barry BERGES, Petitioner,v.INFINITY…

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