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  • K.J. v. Los Angeles Unified School District

    Publication Date: 2020-01-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, 2nd District
    Judge: Justice Groban
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S241057

    Rule of liberal construction required court of appeal to construe notice of appeal from sanctions order as including the sanctioned attorney

  • Tramontano v. 106 Rivington Enter. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-01-31
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Nancy Bannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 157271//2012

    Defendants' Conflicting Factual Assertions Raise Fact Questions Barring Summary Judgment

  • People v. Suero

    Publication Date: 2020-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice William Harrington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 189/20

    Writ of Habeas Corpus Denied as Remand Proper Pending Determination of Competency Exam

  • Doyle v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Dennis Rhein, (Law Offices of Jacob D. Rhein), Lawrenceville, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Marc A. Mallon, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1005

    Court reversed murder conviction based on trial court's failure to give jury instructions on accomplice corroboration

  • In the Matter of David Godley Rigdon.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Chong Joo Kim, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y0434

    Attorney's Failure to Provide Factual Detail as to Felony Offenses Precluded Granting Petition for Voluntary Discipline

  • In the Matter of Richard M. Colbert.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-28
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Colbert, (Richard M Colbert PLLC), Gulf Breeze, Richard Michael Colbert, Montgomery, 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: S19Y1650

    Voluntary Surrender of Attorney's License Appropriate Disposition Following Guilty Plea to 13 Felony Counts

  • Chavez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1573

    Evidence Did Not Support Conviction for Possession of Firearm by First-Offender Probationer

  • Baines v. Daily News LP

    Publication Date: 2020-01-21
    Practice Area: Communications and Media | Discovery
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Alan Marin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donnell Baines, Defendant Pro Se: Romulus, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Daily News, LP, et al By: Geoffrey S. Brounell, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, New York.
    Case Number: 401845/2013

    Defendants Fail to Show Court Overlooked Law, Denied Application for Attorney's Deposition

  • Meisels v. Fox Rothschild LLP

    Publication Date: 2020-01-20
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis P. Devine, III (Pepper Hamilton, attorneys; Francis P. Devine, III, and Angelo A. Stio, III, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Brian K. Condon (Condon Catina & Mara, attorneys; Brian K. Condon and Laura M. Catina, on the briefs)
    Case Number: A-20/21-18 (081534)

    Lawyer's Distribution of Wired Trust Funds According to Client Instructions Could Not Constitute Conversion in Absence of Limiting Instructions on Wire

  • In the Matter of Sarah Mallas Wayman.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dana Paul Shaffner, (Shaffner Law Office PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0289

    Volunteer Surrender of License to Practice Accepted For Attorney Who Could Not Account For Funds Received on Behalf of Client