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  • 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

  • Matter of Piacentino v. Oneida County Republican Comm.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Oneida
    Judge: Justice Scott J. DelConte
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner Steven Piacentino: Jason B. Ziegler, Esq.
    for defendant: Republican Committee, Peter Sobel, Mat Pratt, Reed Kinderman, Donna Pekola, Joseph Hobika, Jr., and John A. Nash by: Adam Fusco, Esq., Fusco Law Office. For Respondent Oneida County Board of Elections by: Daniel K. Cartwright, Esq. and David Walsh, Esq., Kenny Shelton Liptak and Nowak, LLP. For Respondent New York State Board of Elections: Kevin G. Murphy, Esq.
    Case Number: EFCA2022-002308

    Failure to Serve Necessary Parties Precludes Challenge to Republican Committee Meeting

  • Candalerio v. MJHS Hospice & Palliative Care Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-09
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Joseph E. Capella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiffs' Attorney: Jordan K. Merson, Esq., Merson Law, PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Dr. Merlo's Attorney: Evan J. Lyman, Esq., Voute, Lohrfink, McAndrew, Meisner & Roberts, LLP, White Plains, NY.
    Case Number: 25246/16

    Moonlighting Palliative Care Physician Not Shown to Depart From Standard of Care

  • Wolkoff v. PV Holding Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice James G. Clynes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 159305/2018

    Triable Issues of Fact Exist as to Avis' Negligence in Maintenance of Vehicle

  • Quintero v. Inn at Great Neck

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Conrad D. Singer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: The Law Office of Martin Kanfer.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant: Katz & Rychik, P.C.
    Case Number: 601615/2019

    Summary Judgment Motion Denied in Hotel Trip and Fall Case with Competing Testimonies

  • In the Interest of K.N.L.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1 EAP 2022

    Trial court applied an incorrect analysis to appellant's petition to intervene in an adoption based on his in loco parentis status and the correct standard reviewed whether a non-foster-parent third party had a substantial and genuine interest in formalizing a permanent parental relationship with child and an individual's previously held in loco parentis status might demonstrate that interest. Reversed.

  • J.M. v. R.M.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Edmund M. Dane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number:

    Court Grants AFC's Motion for Payment Ahead of Contentious Custody Trial

  • In the Matter of Franklin David McCrea.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin David McCrea, (Law Office of David McCrea), Alma, for appellee; Jack J. Helms, Jr., (The Helms Law Firm, P.C.), Homerville, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y1157

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Abandoned Client and Failed to Participate in Disciplinary Proceedings

  • In the Matter of Trent Lee Coggins.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard F. Waddington, Douglas Vincent Chandler (Chandler Law LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee; Jack J. Helms, Jr., (The Helms Law Firm, P.C.), Homerville, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y1159

    Six-Month Nunc Pro Tunc Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Trust Account Violations By Attorney Who Had Ceased Practice

  • In the Matter of Edward Hine, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Hine, Jr., Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0100

    Voluntary Surrender License Was Appropriate Discipline Following Attorney's Wrongful Withdrawal of Trust and Estate Funds