• Alston & Bird, LLP v. Hatcher Management Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-07
    Practice Area: Damages | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Robbins, Jason Alloy, Jeremy U. Littlefield, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harmon W. Caldwell, Jr., Harry W. MacDougald, Jeremy Mark Moeser, Christine O'Connell Dial Buckler, Lauren Jill Miller, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, for Appellee; Mark David Johnson, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Rocco Eugene Testani, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Michael James Eshman, (Eshman Begnaud, LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope LLP), Canton, for Amicus Appellee; Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S20G1419

    Trial Court Provided Reasoned Explanation

  • BROOKWOOD COMPANIES, INC., plf-ap, v. ALSTON & BIRD LLP def-res

    Publication Date: 2017-01-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Acosta, J.P., Andrias, Moskowitz, Gische, Webber, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2482

    2482. BROOKWOOD COMPANIES, INC., plf-ap, v. ALSTON BIRD LLP def-res — Storch Amini Munves PC, New York (Steven G. Storch of counsel), for ap — Friedman Kaplan Seiler

  • Oglethorpe Power Corp. v. Forrister

    Publication Date: 2011-06-24
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie M. C. Beasman Balch & Bingham LLP, placeCityAtlantaGregory M. Cole Autry, Horton & Cole LLP, Tucker, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, for appellants. Jason B. Sanker, Michael D. McRae and Robert T. Monroe McRae, Stegall, Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning LLP, Cedartown, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Charles T. Autry, Roland F. L. Hall Autry, Horton & Cole, Tucker, Kristin H. Dial, Steven T. Minor Tisinger Vance PC, CityCarrolltonPeter M. Degnan and Jonathan E. Wells Alston & Bird LLP, placeCityAtlanta
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S10G1244

    Because the noise emanating from the exhaust stacks resulted from the essential method of the power plant's operation, the neighbors were limited to filing one cause of action for the recovery of p

  • In re Reuss

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and E. Duane Cooper, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Albert N. Remler Remler Law Group PC, Atlanta. Althea L. Buafo, Chairperson Review Panel, Macon. Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S01Y0925

    Attorney who failed to disclose his receipt of more than $93,000 in compensation from his bankruptcy client's wholly owned subsidiary was suspended for two