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  • Sloans v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Scott Palmer, (Middle Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague,, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, A.D.A., Natalie Spires Paine, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1138

    Court Rejects Appeal by Convicted Murderer Who Challenged Use of Autopsy Photos at Trial

  • Lynch v. Town of Greenburgh

    Publication Date: 2018-09-13
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester
    Judge: Justice Lawrence Ecker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiffs: Joseph Wallace, Esq., Via NYSCEF
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants Town of Greenburgh and Greenburgh Police Department Emergency Medical Services: Vigorito Barker Porter & Patterson, LLP, Via NYSCEF
    Case Number: 62551/2016

    Fact Questions Exist if Special Duty Created Between EMT, Decedent; Town Denied Dismissal

  • Reingold v. Bowins

    Publication Date: 2018-09-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Sanford Berland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pltf's Attorney: Ivars Berzins, P.C., Babylon, NY
    for defendant: Deft Pro Se: Barbara Bowins Reingold, Stony Brook, NY
    Case Number: 02-24800

    Reargument of Prior Decision Granting Motion to Punish Defendant for Contempt Denied

  • In The Matter of Scott L. Podvin

    Publication Date: 2018-09-13
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adrienne Denise Nash, Paula J. Frederick , Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Podvin, Miami Beach, for appellee. Anthony B. Askew, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S18Y1511

    Attorney Suspended During Duration of Florida Suspension After Ignoring Clients and Financial Obligations in Florida Practice

  • In The Matter of Nathaniel Antonio Barnes, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathaniel Antonio Barnes, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0982

    Court Accepts Jointly-Submitted Petition for Voluntary Suspension for Lawyer Who Admitted to Using Cocaine

  • In The Matter of Ricardo L. Polk

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricardo L. Polk, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, Andreea N. Morrison (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y1385

    Court Extends Suspension of Lawyer For Failing to Comply with Terms of Previous Suspensions

  • Hawkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wiley Devin Franklin (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Cheveda McCamy, (Office of The District Attorney), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , Marc A. Mallon, Senior A.D.A. (Fulton County District Attorney's Office) Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0886

    Court Rejects Appeal of Murder Conviction by Night Club Drive-by Shooter

  • Yu v. Guard Hill Estates

    Publication Date: 2018-09-06
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts | Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Saliann Scarpulla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 656535/2016

    Plaintiff Fails to Sufficiently Plead Requisite Grounds for Dissolution of LLCs

  • Commonwealth v. Knox

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1055

    The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution allowed for the imposition of criminal liability upon the defendant based upon his publication of a rap music video containing threatening lyrics. The high court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • Thorpe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald Ashland Griggs, (Gerald A. Griggs, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (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: S18A0732

    Court Rejects by Murder