• Grosz v. NYC Dept. of Educ.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-25
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice J. Machelle Sweeting
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 102035/2011

    Plaintiff Cannot Argue Contrary Facts on Misconduct Already Discussed at §3020-a Hearing

  • In the Matter of Claud L. McIver III.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Y0621

    Court accepts attorney's petition to voluntarily surrender his license to practice law in Georgia following his felony conviction for influencing a witness

  • Drennon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Virginia Lee Davis, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0511

    Trial Court Record Not Adequate For Review of Appellant's Claim of Denial of Right to Be Present During All of Trial

  • Talley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Virginia Lee Davis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0242

    Court Did Not Err by Admitting Hearsay Statements Murder Victim Had Made Regarding Incidents Involving Defendant Litigation: Yes

  • McIver v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb P.C.), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ruth M. Pawlak, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0093

    Evidence Supported Instruction on Misdemeanor Unlawful-Manner Involuntary Manslaughter in Case Involving Firearm

  • Dir. of Revenue v. Verisign, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-14
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony J. Testa, Jr., Matthew M. Warren, Michael B. Cooksey, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Tiffany R. Moseley, Steven S. Rosenthal, Loeb & Loeb, Washington, DC for appellant
    for defendant: Frank. J. Gallo, Kyle O. Sollie, Sebastian C. Watt, Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee

    Case Number: D69643

    Division of revenue policy limiting the use of net operating loss to the amount claimed on a consolidated federal income tax return was inconsistent with operative state tax law which required each Delaware corporate taxpayer to calculate its income as if it had filed its federal return separately.

  • Denson v. Donald J. Trump for President Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-08
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Francis Kahn III
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 101616/2017

    Ex-Employee For Trump's 2016 Campaign Granted Leave to Add Retaliation Claim to Complaint

  • The State v. Lane

    Publication Date: 2020-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Destiny H. Bryant, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A1424

    Georgia Courts Considering Whether a Criminal Defendant Is Entitled to a New Trial Should Consider the Prejudicial Effect of Trial Court Errors and Deficient Counsel Performance

  • Reina v. Gonzales

    Publication Date: 2019-11-21
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice William Rebolini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiffs: Tarbet & Lester, PLLC, East Hampton, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendants: Thomas J. DeMayo, Esq., Hampton Bays, NY.

    Case Number: 43064/2010

    Failure to Establish Criminal Action Initiated With Actual Malice Denies Summary Judgment

  • Mortley v. Lavelle

    Publication Date: 2019-11-07
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens County
    Judge: Justice Marguerite Grays
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 715324 2016

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