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  • In the Matter of Christopher Ryan Breault.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Ryan Breault, (Breault Trial Attorneys PC), Columbus, for appellee; Daniel S. Reinhardt, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Clark Bell, (Joshua C. Bell, LLC), Whigham, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S23Y0807

    Court rejects Special Master's and Review Board's recommendations for attorney discipline and remands for a comprehensive analysis of GRPC violations under ABA Standards

  • In the Matter of Steven Ryan Webster.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster, (Webster Law Group, Inc.), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Y0019

    Court accepts attorney's voluntary petition to surrender his license in a case involving financial mismanagement and trust account violations in relation with real estate services

  • In the Matter of Ashutosh S. Joshi.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-19
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Vincent Chandler, (Chandler Law LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0975

    Court accepts attorney's voluntary surrender of his license in a disciplinary action involving misrepresentation and unauthorized contact with a represented party in a murder case

  • Beard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Lenny I. Krick, Drew Healy, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0906

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of jury instruction error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara S Becker, (Sara Stewart Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0948

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes, finding that defendant's contentions that the trial court erred by refusing to give a self-defense instruction was harmless error

  • In the Matter of Carl Lawrence Collins.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    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: Carl Lawrence Collins, (Law Office of Carl Collins III), Southfield, for appellee; Michael J Blakely, Jr., (The Blakely Firm), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y1064

    Court accepts lawyer's petition for voluntary suspension of his law license pending his appeal of criminal convictions for filing false tax returns

  • In the Matter of W. McCall Calhoun, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Clarence Evans, Jr., (Evans & Rhodes, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee; LaRae Dixon Moore, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y1160

    Court suspends attorney law license pending appeal of his felony and misdemeanor convictions related to his participation in the siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021

  • In the Matter of Cory Howerton Fleming.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Pendarvis, (Pendarvis Law Offices PC), Beaufort, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0970

    Court accepts attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his law license in a disciplinary matter relating to representation of a client in a wrongful death action against Alexander Murdaugh

  • In the Matter of Tamorra A. Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    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: Ecleynne Mercy, (The Foster Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.; LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for Other Party
    Case Number: S22Y0940

    ourt accepts attorney's petition for public reprimand in response to disciplinary matter over her violations of Practice Rules 1.4, 1.5(b), and 7.1

  • In the Matter of Walter Douglas Adams.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    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: Walter Douglas Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee; Jack J. Helms, Jr., (The Helms Law Firm, P.C.), Homerville, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0437

    Attorney's Rules Violation in Connection With Fee Dispute Warranted One-Year Suspension