• Matter of Dobbins v. Marks, 1165/15

    Publication Date: 2017-02-02
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    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk County, I.A.S. Part X.XXVI
    Judge: Justice Paul Baisley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Petitioners' Attorney: Law Offices of David Schlachter, Uniondale, NY.
    for defendant: Respondent's Attorney: John W. McConnell, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 1165/15

    Cite as: Matter of Dobbins v. Marks, 1165/15, NYLJ 1202778136601, at *1 (Sup., SUF, Decided January 11, 2017) CASENAME In the Matter of the Application of W

  • Dennis v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-02-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Dennis, Trion, proceeded pro se. J. David Miller, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Kenneth B. Still District Attorney's Office, Moultrie, Michelle T. Harrison, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16A1600

    The trial court was authorized to resentence the defendant, who had pleaded guilty to malice murder when he was 17 years old, from life without the possibility ole to life with the possibility

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-02-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Moruf O. Oseni, David M. Atwell, Assistant District Attorneys, Bainbridge, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vanessa T. Meyerhoefer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1649

    Defendant failed to preserve his arguments for appeal, and the Court thus affirmed the trial court's judgment finding him guilty of felony m

  • Rincon EV Realty, LLC v. CP III Rincon Towers, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-02-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-01-31
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Jeremy M. Goldman, Christine Y. Wong, Nora K.C. Flum; Locke Lord, Kathleen Smalley; Boersch Shapiro and David Shapiro for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Barry W. Lee, Lenard G. Weiss, Christian E. Baker, Christopher A. Rheinheimer; and Jerome B. Falk, Jr. for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. A138463

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 940 EV REALTY LLC et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CP III

  • February 1, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Hogan Lovells Expands into Public Relations Field

    Boosting its client offerings and its nonlegal business, Hogan Lovells has hired a public relations executive to create a communications group inside the firm. Mark Irion, previously pre

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  • February 1, 2017 | Litigation Daily

    New Year, New Job: Top Lateral Litigator Moves in January

    Nothing like a fresh start for the new year. Prominent litigators around the country made lateral moves this month, including a 23-lawyer group to launch Drinker Biddle’s off

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  • Grinshpun v. Borokhovich, 158141/2016

    Publication Date: 2017-02-01
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, IAS Part 19
    Judge: Justice Kelly O'Neill Levy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 158141/2016

    Cite as: Grinshpun v. Borokhovich, 158141/2016, NYLJ 1202778035570, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided January 11, 2017) CASENAME Aron Grinshpun, Sam Zeltser, Zelig Zelts

  • January 31, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Neil Gorsuch: In His Own Words

    Here are some of the Supreme Court nominee's most memorable comments on assisted suicide, the changing work of trial lawyers, and the death of the justice he's been named to re

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  • Mosby v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-01-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica A. Seares and Tamara N. Crawford Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1580

    The evidence was sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant did not act in self-defense and was not otherwise justified when she fatally shot t

  • Upshaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-01-31
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William L. Kirby III, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Wesley A. Lambertus, Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1524

    Because there was only one killing, the trial court erred in convicting and sentencing defendant for both malice r and felony r, and the Court vacated the conviction and sentence for felon