• February 3, 2025 | Daily Report Online

    28 Firms Supporting Retired Barnes & Thornburg Litigator in Georgia Supreme Court Malpractice Case

    The amicus filers, who include King & Spalding, Alston & Bird and a number of their Big Law peers, say James Leonard is protected by the doctrine of "judgmental immunity."

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  • North American Senior Benefits, LLC v. Wimmer et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thaddeus David Wilson, Valentin Leppert, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey David Mokotoff, Leslie B. Hartnett, Laura T. Yellig, (Ford & Harrison, LLP), Atlanta, Justin Beecher Connell, (Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Meagan Myers Hanson, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, John Phillip Jett, Kevin Bradford Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S23G1146

    Georgia Supreme Court clarifies that restrictive covenants may be enforceable without express geographic terms if they are reasonable in time, area, and scope

  • Omstead v. BPG Inspection, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Contracts | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Darren Summerville, Kristopher Robert Alderman, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Lance D. Lourie, Stephen Roberts Chance, Andrew John King, (Lourie Chance Forlines Carter & King, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leah Ward Sears, Edward Davison Burch, Jr., Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Charles Samuel Conerly, (Smith Conerly, LLP), Carrollton, for appellee; Meagan Myers Hanson, (Georgians For Lawsuit Reform), Atlanta, Atlanta,, Kevin Bradford Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, Madeline Elizabeth McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, Caleb Frank Walker, (The McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S23G0771

    Court affirms enforceability of one-year contractual limitation for filing tort and contract suits against a contractor, holding that the limitation is not void as against public policy

  • March 28, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    Bondurant Mixson & Elmore Founder Recognized for His Decades of Pro Bono Influence

    With its "highest honor" award, the ABA is recognizing Emmet Bondurant, whose work led to "one person, one vote" rule, Georgia indigent defense law.

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  • February 21, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    Slideshow: GAPABA Celebrates Lunar New Year With Board Installation, Award Presentation

    The event held at Canton House in Chamblee was the largest event ever held by the group.

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  • January 2, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    In Atlanta Partner Moves, Big Law Looks to Real Estate and Transactional Practices

    Real estate lawyers "are the folks who are going to be the real premium and who [firms will] go after," one Atlanta recruiter said.

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  • November 16, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Ga. Supreme Court's Women Justices Talk Bench Dynamics, Networking, Campaigning

    "Unfortunately I think most of us are going to have a story or two or three or four where you're mistaken as an assistant," State Supreme Court Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren said. "Those things happen and you've got to be prepared, know your stuff and be your own advocate. You have to be confident but you also have to have a thick skin and a sense of humor, because if you don't laugh, you will cry."

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  • September 7, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    'Humbling': Nahmias Honored at Anti-Defamation League Luncheon

    Jones Day's David Nahmias, UPS' Norm Brothers Jr. and Curaleaf's Lauren Linder are the three attorneys honored by the Anti-Defamation League's Southeast region at its 26th annual Jurisprudence Luncheon Thursday at the Whitley Atlanta Buckhead hotel.

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  • Caldwell v. Edenfield

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clint Christopher Malcolm, Tayo Popoola, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Sabrina Dawn Graham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Francis Bogan, III, Bennett Richardson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, Vanessa J. Carroll, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0260

    Court reverses a habeus court's order that had reversed a death penalty sentence and remands for findings of fact and conclusions of law on a defendant's mental capacity

  • In the Interest of C.C. et al., Children.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Buell Hume, (Hume, Jaacks & Associates, LLC), Cumming, Brittani Chandler, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ross Warren Bergethon, Shalen S. Nelson, Bryan Keith Webb, Emily Allen Harris, Christopher M. Carr, Hannah Basta, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kris-Ann Poe, Hiawassee Rochelle Ann Doyle, Roswell, for appellee; Melissa D. Carter, (Emory University School of Law), Atlanta, Edward Albert Bedard, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus; Mathew K. Titus, (Titus Law LLC), Alpharetta, Victoria Cuneo Powell, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Kurtis George Anderson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S22A0584

    Juvenile Court Applied Wrong Standard in Determining Parents' Religious Objection to Vaccinating Children Was Insincere