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  • CID Assocs. LLC v. Almaas

    Publication Date: 2021-03-17
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lynn Kotler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 151704/2021

    Landlord's Failure to Serve Predicate Notice Denies Injunctive Relief Against Tenant

  • Lofton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Sirianni, Jr., (Brownstone, P.A.), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1101

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Defendant's Motion to Suppress His Cell Phone Records; Exclusionary Rule Does Not Apply to That Evidence

  • Hurston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Peter J. Skandalakis, John Clinton Winne, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1223

    Appellant Fails to Show That Trial Court Violated His Right to Be Present During Trial or That His Trial Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance

  • In the Matter of Jeffrey Bull Grable.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Wolanda R. Shelton, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Bull Grable, Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0603

    Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Admitted to Abandoning Client

  • In the Matter of Patrick A. Powell.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Anthony Powell, (Patrick Powell & Associates), Dacula, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0468

    Disbarment Was Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Intentionally Abandoned Client in Criminal Matter

  • TD Auto Fin. LLC v. Haynes

    Publication Date: 2021-03-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Lara Genovesi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Anastasia P. Cordova Esq., McGuire Woods LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants: Naomi Young, Esq., CAMBA Legal Services, Inc., Brooklyn, NY.
    Case Number: 513958/2018

    Motion to Dismiss Contract Breach Claim on Car Loan for Lack of Standing Denied

  • In the Matter of David R. Sicay-Perrow.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-11
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David R. Sicay-Perrow, (Sicay-Perrow & Knighten PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Y0158

    Attorney's Misappropriation of Trust Funds And General Pattern of Dishonest Conduct Warranted Disbarment

  • Matter of PBX1 Chase LLC v. Brighthouse Life. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-02
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Karen Rothenberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 523456/2020

    Court Finds Good Cause Shown to Approve Structured Settlement As in Payee's Best Interests

  • Maison v. New Jersey Transit Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Albin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. Vannella, Assistant Attorney General (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and Daniel M. Vannella, on the briefs)
    for defendant: K. Raja Bhattacharya (Bendit Weinstock, attorneys; K. Raja Bhattacharya and Sherri Davis Fowler, on the briefs)
    Case Number: A-34/35-19 (08384)

    NJ Transit Subject to the Heightened Duty of Care Applicable to Common Carriers

  • In the Matter of William D. Thompson, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-24
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William deForest Thompson, (William Deforest Thompson Jr. PA), Fort Myers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Y0355

    Court rejects attorney's petition for voluntary reciprocal discipline due to multiple deficiencies