• Ynoa v. PWP Equities Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice MaryAnn Brigantti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for plaintiff: Stefano A. Filippazzo, Esq., Stefano A. Filippazzo, P.C.
    for defendant: Attorneys for movants Webster Holding Co. and Chatam Management Co., Inc.: Terri S. Hall, Esq., Pillinger, Miller, Tarallo, LLP.; Attorneys for co-defendant PWP Equities Corp.: Robert M. Conboy, Esq., McAndrew, Conboy & Prisco, LLP.

    Case Number: 21900/2013E

    Owner, Managing Agent Establish Entitlement to Summary Judgment Dismissing Complaint

  • In The Interest Of K.S., A Child.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James John Anagnostakis (Anagnostakis Law Group), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristi Lee Winstead Wilson, Brian Keith Fortner, Sean Alexander Garrett (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17G1344

    Decisions Regarding Transfer of Juveniles to Superior Court Are Directly Appealable to Court of Appeals

  • Matter of 264 W. 117th St. Tenant Ass'n v. N.Y.C. Dep't Hous. Pres. & Dev.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Arlene Bluth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 452372/2017

    HPD's Decision to Terminate Building From TIL Program Not Arbitrary; Annulment Denied

  • Caffee v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Hicks (Law Offices of Gregory A. Hicks), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Martin McElyea, Jessica K. Moss, Carlton Todd Hayes (Cherokee County Solicitor General's Office), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17G1691

    Probable Cause Will Not Justify Warrantless Search Absent Exception to Warrant Requirement

  • In The Matter Of David E. Morgan, III.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-25
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Morgan III, Abbeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18Y0821

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a 2-year suspension with conditions for reinstatement.

  • In The Matter Of Ronald John Doeve (three cases).

    Publication Date: 2018-05-24
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald J Doeve (Doeve Law Firm LLC), Lilburn, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta; Anthony B. Askew, Atlanta; Robert J. Castellani, Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S18Y0456

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney based on his violations of the rules governing financial matters and trust accounts and misrepresentations he made in State Bar disciplinary proceedings.

  • In The Matter Of Ricardo L. Polk

    Publication Date: 2018-05-23
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    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: S18Y0740

    The Supreme Court rejected attorney's petition for voluntary discipline in which he seemingly requested the imposition of discipline to run concurrently with the suspension with conditions he was already serving.

  • People v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2018-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Kruger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S065233

    Trial court properly considered entirety of prosecutor's explanation prior to denying Batson/Wheeler challenges

  • Watson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Expert Witnesses
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey (Dekalb County Public Defender's Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham (Department of Law), Atlanta; Jennifer Lynn Brooks, Helen Virginia Peters, Deborah D. Wellborn, Anna Green Cross, Sherry Boston (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A0427

    The Supreme Court affirmed defendant's convictions for felony murder and possession of a firearm as he failed to prove his several ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

  • Nigam v. Linium LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-05-17
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Barry Ostrager
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 654809/2017

    Ex-Employee Granted Dismissal of Tortious Interference With Contract Counterclaim