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  • In the Matter of Dennis W. Hartley

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis W. Hartley, (Dennis W. Hartley PC), Colorado Springs, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Anthony B. Askew, (Chair, Review Panel), Atlanta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y1352

    Disbarment From Practice of Law in Georgia Is the Appropriate Sanction in Reciprocal Discipline Matter Arising From Disbarment From Practice of Law in Colorado

  • In the Matter of William Leslie Kirby III.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, Andreea N. Morrison, (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, James Charles Thornton, (Thornton & Graham PC), LaGrange, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y1261

    Proposed Four-Month Suspension Is Insufficient in Light of Lawyer's Pattern of Misconduct Committed in Connection With Multiple Client Matters

  • Parker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Grossman, (Law Office of Richard A Grossman), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, David K. Getachew-Smith, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0826

    Court affirms defendant's murder convictions over multiple contentions of error relating to his mental state

  • Innovative Images, LLC v. James Darren Summerville, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-06
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn S. Whitlock, Kelli Kimberly Steele, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Caleb Frank Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Daniel Brent Snipes, (Taulbee Rushing Snipes Marsh & Hodgin, LLC), Statesboro, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1026

    Mandatory arbitration clause in attorney engagement letter was not unenforceable as against public policy or substantively or procedurally unconscionable

  • In re Teagan K.-O.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McDonald
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: SC 20245

    Court Held That Connecticut Court Did Not Have Jurisdiction Over Neglect Petition

  • Hammad v. Jamal Kamal Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-01
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Leonard Livote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 713239/2017

    Court Found Dissolution Not Appropriate Remedy Given Current State of Corporate Affairs

  • Audthan LLC v. Nick & Duke LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Robert Reed
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff by: Jeremy A. Cohen, Esq., Tracee Elaine Davis, Esq., Jonathan Paul Wolfert, Esq., and Owen Richard Wolfe, Esq., Seyfarth, Shaw LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant by: Bradley S. Silverbush Esq., and Amanda M. Toombs, Esq., Rosenberg and Estis, P.C., New York, NY. By: Richard Adam Hubell, Esq., Hubell & Associates, LLC, New York, NY. By: Barry A. Cozier, Esq., Barry A. Cozier, Attorney at Law, Bronx, NY.
    Case Number: 652050/2015

    Court Vacates Note of Issue for Oustanding Discovery, Strikes Case From Trial Calendar

  • Marbletown Democratic Comm. v. Parete

    Publication Date: 2020-09-29
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Government
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    Court: Supreme Court, Ulster
    Judge: Justice Richard Mott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Lanny Earl Walter, Esq., Saugerties, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Tracy Melinda Kellogg, Esq., Kingston, NY.
    Case Number: EF2020-1108

    Town Supervisor's Action Annulled as Unconstitutional Limitation on First Amendment Rights

  • People v. Randolph

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Mark Cohen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 93/2020

    People Must Provide IAB Files Involving Police Witnesses; Striking CoC, Sanctions Denied

  • Synovus Bank v. Kelley

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Real Estate
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Garland, Stephan Alan Ray, (Moore, Clarke, Duvall And Rodgers P.C.), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter W. Kelley, (Kelley, Lovett, Blakey & Sanders, P.C.), Albany, Thomas Dozier Lovett, Thomas Dozier Lovett, (Kelley, Lovett, Blakey & Sanders, P.C.), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Q0843

    Judgment Creditor's Lien on Debtor's Real Property Was Not Created Until Judgment Was Recorded