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  • Gonzalez v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Derek Bauer, Jeffrey Ronald Baxter, Tyler D. Fabbri, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Edward Epps, Tyler Marquis Gaines, (Epps Holloway Deloach & Hoipkemier LLC), Watkinsville, Barry L. Fitzpatrick, (Law Office of Lane Fitzpatrick), Danielsville, for appellee; Gene Patrick Hamilton, (America First Legal Foundation), Washington, Christopher Earnest Mills, (Spero Law LLC), Charleston, for Amicus Appellee; Karl David Cooke, Jr., (Gautreaux Law LLC), Macon, Jonathan Lang Adams, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S24A0617

    Court affirms applicability of Open Records Act (ORA) to District Attorneys and denies immunity claims from DA who sought to dismiss an ORA enforcement action

  • Steel v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Legal Operations
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Alexander "Alex" Susor, (The Law Offices of Alex Susor, P.C.), Decatur, Colette Resnik Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Lynsey M Barron, (Barron Law LLC), Atlanta, Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Clint Christopher Malcolm, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee; Ural D.L. Glanville, (Fulton County Superior Court), Atlanta, for other party; Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Smyrna, Mazie Lynn Guertin, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Greg Allen Willis, Jessica Jones, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb P.C.), Atlanta, Edward Donald Tolley, (Cook & Tolley LLP), Athens, Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S24A1245

    Court reverses contempt finding against attorney for failure to disclose source of information, citing due process violations and finding that the trial court judge should have recused himself

  • November 21, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

    In Talc Bankruptcy, Andy Birchfield Skipped His Deposition. Could He Face Sanctions?

    Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Red River Talc, which filed for bankruptcy to resolve talcum powder lawsuits, moved to sanction Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield after he did not appear for a Monday deposition.

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  • J. Allen Nimmo Apartments v. Martinez

    Publication Date: 2024-11-21
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A-1337-23

    Defendant appealed a judgment for possession in favor of plaintiff.

  • People v. Hernandez

    Publication Date: 2024-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Claudia Daniels-DePeyster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 71485-24

    Evidence From Car Impoundment Suppressed, Statements From Defendant Allowed

  • November 20, 2024 | Law.com

    Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: Schools Score Again in Suits Against Social Media, Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary Seeks Sanctions Over Andy Birchfield’s Deposition

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  • November 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Largest Law Firms: Firm Leadership and Practice Areas

    We're seeing a broad range of financial services, with a small uptick in the number of firms listing private equity and venture capital services - a sure sign of firms' efforts to capture an expanding market.

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  • Davis v. Crawford

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Corporate Governance
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bailey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 11-22-00307-CV

    Appellant and appellees formed Precision Frac, a company that provided water transfer products and services to the fracking industry.

  • Appellate Division, First Department: November 18, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals List & Motions List released on:November 14, 2024

  • Sowell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Yurachek, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, Kyle Bowland, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Dawsonville, Conley Greer, (Dawson County District Attorney’s Office), Dawsonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0949

    Court affirms DUI-related convictions for vehicular homicide and other crimes over defendant's challenge to admission of certain expert testimony and contentions of insufficient evidence