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  • Blocker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0032

    Excited Utterance Applied Where Declarant Was Disturbed and Only 20 Minutes Had Passed Following Incident

  • Greene v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Dalia Racine, Aimee F. Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0200

    Any Error In Admitting Evidence of Prior Assaults on Murder Defendant's Ex-Girlfriends Was Harmless

  • In the Matter of Ian Zimmerman.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ian Zimmerman, (Zimmerman Law Firm), Valdosta, for appellee; Quentin LaMont Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0492

    Court orders disbarment of attorney who had violated numerous rules of professional conduct

  • In the Matter of Brian Walton Whiteside.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0579

    Court accepts attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposes a three-month suspension of his law license in response to his multiple rule violations

  • In the Matter of Craig S. Bonnell.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig S. Bonnell, (Craig S.Bonnell, Attorney at Law), Rincon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0123

    Court rejects the State bar's petition for a public reprimand of an attorney because the record was unclear as to several matters involving the attorney's misconduct

  • Southern States Chemical, Inc. et al. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc. f/k/a Tampa Tank Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Tucker Barr, Andrew Clay Stevens, Natalie Cascario, David Lee Hobson, Jeffrey Young Lewis, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Edwin W. King, Jr., (Edwin W. King, Jr., P.C.), Savannah, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mike O’Neal Crawford, Swift S. Currie, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Cecily Joy McLeod, Kimberly Council Sheridan, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; LaTisha Dear Jackson, (DeKalb County Superior Court), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: S23A0273

    Court affirms dismissal of breach of warranty claims that were barred by the pre-amendment statute of repose

  • Knox et al. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Education Law | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Crane Canfield, Brian Charles Lea, Sharnell S. Simon, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Amanda K. Rice, (Jones Day), Detroit, for appellant.
    for defendant: Annette M. Cowart, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Sarah Brewerton-Palmer, Michael Adam Caplan, (Caplan Cobb LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23A0167

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Challenge to Statute Permitting Firearm Possession on College Campuses

  • McCalop v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. M. Raffauf, (J. M. Raffauf P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0210

    Defense Witness Opened Door to Presenting Evidence of Defendant's Bad Character

  • In the Matter of Claud L. McIver III.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, 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: S23Y0621

    Court accepts attorney's petition to voluntarily surrender his license to practice law in Georgia following his felony conviction for influencing a witness

  • In the Matter of Jason Lee Van Dyke.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-03
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Lee Van Dyke, (The Marsala Law Group), Denton, for appellee; Daniel S. Reinhardt, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0225

    Court accepts Special master's recommendation to impose a 3-year suspension of an attorney's Georgia law license due to his plea in Texas criminal proceedings