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  • Kirschner & Venker PC v. Taylor & Martino PC

    Publication Date: 2006-02-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry B. McGough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Baxter L. Davis Davis, Matthews & Quigley, and William U. Norwood III Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2283

    The plaintiff had no cause of action for an equal share of a $1.5 million contingency fee, because the underlying client fired the plaintiff before any settlement was reached in his

  • January 31, 2006 |

    To The Rescue

    As the cost and risk of employment litigation continues to rise, companies are fortifying their HR departments with lawyers.

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  • Marks v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teddy R. Price, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1729

    The defendant had no First Amendment right to hold himself out as an attorney, when he was unqualified to practic

  • City of Atlanta v. Southern States Police Benevolent Assoc. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry D. Fellows Jr. and Laurie E. Dugoniths Fellows, Johnson & La Briola LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Norman J. Slawsky Jacobs & Slawsky, Mary C. Cooney, Atlanta, and Grady K. Dukes, McDonough, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1131

    The boards of three city of Atlanta defined benefit pension plans have the authority to hire a third party administrator to handle the administration of the pension benefits and to obtain advice fro

  • Bhindi Bros. v. Patel

    Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grover C. Bailey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles A. Ratz and Andrea Bennett Gilliland, Ratz & Browning PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0996

    Res judicata did not bar the plaintiff's claims for past due rent and other damages in its suit for breach of a lease, because the plaintiff raised those claims in its prior dispossessory suit and t

  • Dorsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, and John E. Floyd Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S05A0897

    The state was entitled to theorize to the jurors that former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey killed Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown in order to prevent Brown from investigating and uncovering evidenc

  • June 30, 2005 |

    EEF Gives U.K. Law Firms A Run For Their Money

    British Association Offers Employment Law Services To Members

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  • June 30, 2005 |

    Asian Markets Put American Trademarks At Risk

    In-House Counsel Share Ideas On Protecting Trademarks In Asia

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  • February 28, 2005 |

    Philip Morris Hires Non-Lawyer To Lead Legal Department

    European Law Departments Learn The Value Of Business Smarts

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  • In the Interest of S. J.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David P. Smith, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Betty R. Blass Edwards, Friedwald & Grayson, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0836

    The evidence did not support the juvenile court's deprivation