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  • In the Matter of Preston B. Kunda.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dana Kristin Maine, Sara Elizabeth Brochstein, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Y0959

    One-Year Suspension Appropriate For Attorney With No Previous Record Who Violated Trust Fund and Conflict of Interest Rules

  • In The Matter of Johnnie Mae Graham.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-03
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johnnie Mae Graham, (J. Graham & Associates, LLC), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Y0706

    Disbarment Appropriate For Attorney Who Was Accused of Rules Violations And Never Responded to Notice of Discipline Seeking Disbarment

  • Shields v. Town of Hartford

    Publication Date: 2019-07-02
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Washington
    Judge: Justice Robert Muller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: William J. White of counsel, Brennan & White, LLP, Queensbury.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Michael A. Brandi of counsel, Fitzgerald Morris Baker Firth P.C., Glens Falls.
    Case Number: 20218

    Fact Issues Exist if Worker Complied With CSL §71, If Town Waived Noncompliance Defense

  • State v. McNeil-Thomas

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Solomon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank J. Ducoat, Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor (Theodore N. Stephens, II, Acting Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Frank J. Ducoat, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: James K. Smith, Jr., Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; James K. Smith, Jr., of counsel and on the briefs).
    Case Number: A-77-17 (080758)

    Prosecutor Properly Commented on Surveillance Video During Closing Where Admitted into Evidence Without Objection from Defense Counsel

  • United States v. Haymond

    Publication Date: 2019-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Gorsuch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1672

    18 U.S.C. §3583(k) violates right to trial by jury by mandating imposition of minimum sentence based on findings of sentencing judge alone

  • G.A.-H. v. K.G.G.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Fernandez-Vina
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: (A-25/26-18) (081545)

    Defendants appealed from the appellate division's vacatur of summary judgment entered in favor of defendants.

  • Smith v. Park

    Publication Date: 2019-06-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Cortland
    Judge: Justice David Guy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: Aaron Zimmerman, Esq., Syracuse, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants: Stephen T. Helmer, Esq., Maureen E. Maney, Esq., Mackenzie Hughes LLP, Syracuse, New York.
    Case Number: EF17-327

    Intentional Tort Exception to WCL §11 Inapplicable Compelling Denial of Summary Judgment

  • In the Matter of Richard Scott Thompson.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Crowe, (Robert L. Crowe, P.C.), Brunswick, 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: S19Y1076

    Georgia Attorney's Petition For Voluntary Surrender of License Accepted Following His Felony Convictions

  • R.C. v. City of N.Y.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Class Actions | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Alexander Tisch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, Esq., Shakeer Rahman, Esq., Johanna B. Steinberg, Esq., The Bronx Defenders.
    for defendant: Johnathan S. Kolodner, Esq., Martine B. Forneret, Esq., Alexandra K. Theobald, Esq., Eric Boettcher, Esq., Pekham Pal, Esq., Michael Cinnamon, Esq., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Attorneys for Defendants: Thomas B. Roberts, Esq., Corporation Counsel, Zachary W. Carter, Esq.
    Case Number: 153739/2018

    NYPD's Retention, Use of Sealed Arrest Records In Own Possession Violates Sealing Statutes

  • Carter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0409

    Court Affirms in Part and Reverses in Part Convictions Where Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Murder Conviction but Did Not Support Financial-Transaction Card Fraud Conviction When Attempts to Use Victim's Debit Card Failed