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  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    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, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, George Epps Lipscomb, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0786

    Evidence Regarding Defendant's Prior Domestic Difficulties Was Intrinsic to Prosecution's Presentation of Murder Case

  • In the Matter of David Godley Rigdon.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-06
    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, William Dallas NeSmith, (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: S21Y0002

    Considering Significant Mitigating Circumstances, Court Agrees to Lengthy Suspension, With Conditions, for Attorney Who Was Indicted for Drug-Related Offenses

  • In the Matter of Daniel Lee Dean.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Lee Dean, (The Dean Law Firm LLC), Dunwoody, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y1435

    Court Grants Petition for Voluntary Surrender of License of Attorney Who Is Undergoing Treatment for Terminal Cancer

  • Madan v. Malik

    Publication Date: 2020-11-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Monroe
    Judge: Justice Richard Dollinger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Plaintiff Manish Madan: Brian J. Barney, Esq., Barney & Barney, LLP, Rochester, New York.
    for defendant: For the Defendant, Sunita D. Malik: Maureen A. Pineau, Esq., Rochester, New York.
    Case Number: 10-12535

    Husband Must Replace Wife's Current Vehicle at 75,000 Miles Under Separation Agreement

  • Lester v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold Burton Baker, (Tift Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, Jennifer Dawn Hart, Robert Alan Rogers, Patrick Warren, (Tift Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0827

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting Statements Defendant Made to Law Enforcement After Victim's Death or in Denying His Motion for Mistrial Arising From the Presence of an Alternate Juror During Jury Deliberations

  • Tamm Consulting v. Catenary Constr. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-05
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Wilma Guzman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 0300113/2018

    Dismantling Shelves Inside Storage Unit Does Not Give Rise to Labor Law Claims

  • Weingarten v. Kopelowitz

    Publication Date: 2020-11-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Rockland
    Judge: Justice Paul Marx
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 036692/2019

    Plaintiff Who Did Not Suffer a Direct Injury Lacks Standing to Bring RICO Claim

  • Glenn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Alston Pearlman, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, Brian Vance Patterson, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19G1236

    Common Law Right to Resist Unlawful Arrest Includes Right to Use Proportionate Force Against Government Property to Counter Illegal Detention

  • Duncan v. Black Veterans for Social Justice Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Lillian Wan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 518432/2017

    Veterans' Organization Owed No Duty of Care to Client in Apartment It Did Not Operate

  • Fulton County v. Ward-Poag

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie J Bryan, Allegra J. Lawrence, Maia Jeanelle Cogen, Lisa Michele Haldar, (Lawrence & Bundy LLC), Atlanta, Kaye Woodard Burwell, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Wyatt McLaws, (McLaws law group LLC), Marietta, for appellee. Lisa Young Smith West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for Other Party. Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, David Norton Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1619

    Triable Factual Issues as to Whether Party's Inconsistent Position in Bankruptcy Case Barred Her Whistleblower Claims