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  • In the Matter of Deirdre Maria Stephens.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David S. Lipscomb, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Patrick E. Longan, (Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University), Macon, John Ryd Bush Long, (John R. B. Long, P.C.), Augusta, for other party.
    Case Number: S24Y0049

    Court rejects Review Board's recommendation of suspension and instead agrees with a Special Master's assessment, resulting in disbarring of an attorney for severe misconduct

  • Dahl v. Prince Holdings 2012, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice James d'Auguste
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 157743/2014

    Issues of Fact About Harassment, Neglect and Trespass Partially Denies Motion

  • Lopez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    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, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Michael Wolfe, Elizabeth Overcamp Evans, Clayton McLean Fuller, (lookout mountain judicial Circuit district attorney’s office), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1165

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Moving & Storage, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Veronica G. Hummel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 805366/2021e

    Fire Investigators Inspection Insufficient to Shift Burden Concerning Subrogation Claim

  • Floyd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), St. Atlanta, Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Bailey Rachel Simkoff, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1042

    Court reverses conviction for felony murder due to ineffective assistance of defendant's trial counsel relating to a jury instruction on self-defense and felon-in-possession of a firearm

  • Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S23A0840

    Court affirms conviction entered on a defendant's voluntary guilty plea and overrules its previous strict application that required a trial court to include application of Boykin rights on the record

  • Doe v. Yeshiva of Brooklyn

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Sabrina Kraus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 512993/2020

    Plaintiff Allowed to Amend Complaint, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Deemed Moot

  • People v. Castaneda

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Richmond
    Judge: Justice Lisa Grey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 70335-22

    Motion to Dismiss Denied; SORA Proceedings Not Duplicative Amongst Other Courts

  • W.G.G v. J.D.S.-G

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Edmund M. Dane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 800247/2023

    Service of Process by Incapacitated Person Treated The Same as Named Party Serving Papers

  • People v. Blair

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Audrey E. Stone
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 70702-23

    Firearm Suppressed, No Exigency Warranted Search Incident to Arrest