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  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A0171

    In a sharply divided opinion, court reverses malice murder conviction due to failure to instruct jury on voluntary manslaughter

  • May 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Jordan, Wise Smith Striving for Georgia AG's Seat in Democratic Primary

    The winner will face the Republican primary victor, plus Libertarian Martin Cowen, in the November general election.

    11 minute read

  • Black Voters Matter Fund Inc. et al. v. Kemp et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Thomas Rhodes, Samuel Aaron Emas, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Javier Pico-Prats, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Holly Anne Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Christopher M. CarrBryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Wayne Brown, Samuel Ethan Meller, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, George R. Hall, William James Keogh, III, James Christopher Driver, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, Barry Abbott Fleming, Frank Adam Nelson, Paul Simon Patterson Williams, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1263

    Voter Advocacy Organization Lacked Standing to Challenge Legislation Splitting Judicial Circuit Into Two New Circuits

  • March 10, 2022 | Law.com

    How COVID-19 Court Protocols Are Catching Up With Litigators

    Attorneys are facing fresh judicial ire for failing to comply with protocols earlier in the pandemic. Meanwhile, some top trial lawyers are warning that court backlogs could create an existential crisis for the profession.

    6 minute read

  • February 18, 2022 | Litigation Daily

    Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    Runners up this week include teams at Boies Schiller, Ballard Spahr, Cooley, and Kirkland.

    5 minute read

  • Dekalb County v. Stanley

    Publication Date: 2021-10-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shelley Momo, Laura Johnson, John Jones, Noah Priest-Goodsett, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robin Clark, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0820

    Court reverses denial of County's summary judgment motion on plaintiff's Disabilities Act claim and affirms dismissal of negligence claim due to sovereign immunity

  • January 6, 2020 | Daily Report Online

    What to Expect at the First Arguments in the New Judicial Building

    Presiding Judge Anne Barnes, the most senior member of the Georgia Court of Appeals, will preside over the first oral arguments in the new Nathan Deal Judicial Center Tuesday.

    1 minute read

  • Georgiacarry.Org., Inc. et al. v. Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Baird Carpenter, James Charles Grant, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Peter Crane Canfield, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Henry R. Chalmers, Andrew Clay Stevens, (Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1149

    Private Lessee of Public Property May Not Exclude Persons Carrying Firearms Unless Lease Conferred Present Estate to Lessee

  • Hanham v. Access Management Group L P

    Publication Date: 2019-03-29
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stuart Teague, Jr., Keisha Leigh Martin Chambless, (Teague & Chambless, LLLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce A. Taylor, Jr., Jennifer Ellen Parrott, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1033

    Court Reveres Lower Court's Opinion That Breach of Contract Could Not Arise from Breach of Obligations Stemming from Course-of-Conduct Modifications to Written Management Agreement

  • Rivera v. Washington

    Publication Date: 2016-03-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul M. Scott and Richard K. Strickland Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter, Brunswick, for Rivera. Gregory T. Carter and Richard K. Strickland Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter, Brunswick, for Forsyth County. G. Brian Spears, Atlanta, Robert O. Bozeman, Mawuli M. M. Davis The Davis Bozeman Law Firm PC, Decatur, and Vera S. Edenfield Edenfield, Cox, Bruce Classens PC, Statesboro, for Washington. W. Davis Hewitt Goodman McGuffey Lindsey Johnson LLP, Atlanta, James S. Teague Jr., and Keisha L. M. Chambless Teague Chambless LLP, Cumming, for Appelrouth. Other party representation: Patrick T. O'Connor and Paul H. Threlkeld Oliver Maner LLP, Savannah.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S15G0887; S15G0912

    Although it applied incorrect analyses, the Court of Appeals reached the correct result in d ing the direct appeals that two defendants filed from the trial courts' denials of their motions to