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  • October 3, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Hedging Bets, Former Dewey Partners File Claims Against Bankrupt Estate

    A review of more than 2,000 proofs of claim filed in Dewey & LeBoeuf's Chapter 11 bankruptcy finds partners, vendors, landlords, and other creditors lining up to be

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  • October 3, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Former Dewey Partners File Claims Against Bankrupt Estate

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  • Mitchell v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian L. Daly, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1899

    Listing the possible guilty verdict option before the not guilty option on the pre-printed verdict form did not conflict with the presumption of inno

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standard's Council, Atlanta, George P. Donaldson III Perry & Walters LLP, Albany, J. Scott Key, McDonough, and Marcia G. Shein, Decatur.
    Case Number: S11A1431

    Evidence of the witness's threatening conduct in pointing a finger at a government witness and making a noise like pow-pow-pow was admissible to explain the threatened witness's inconsistent stateme

  • October 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr has nabbed government attorney MOLLY BOAST for its antitrust and competitive pr

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  • In the Matter of Stephen V. Fitzgerald

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis C. O'Brien, Marietta. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y1445

    An attorney, who failed to account for and deliver more than $455K in real estate closing proceeds to third parties, voluntarily surrendered his law li

  • Freeman v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer L. Lewis, Public Defender, McDonough, for appellant. Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Thomas R. McBerry and Thomas L. Williams, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A1525

    The victim's identification of the defendant supported the defendant's conviction for armed ro

  • January 31, 2010 |

    In-House Career Changes

    GC Appointments, In-House Moves, Awards and Law Firm News.

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  • Merritt v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy L. Eidson, Clinton L. Lott IV, Fitzgerald, and Stephen W. Czarnota, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cheri L. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1088

    Evidence that the defendant shot the victim in the back of the head while he was sitting in his recliner in his home after a 20-year tumultuous relationship supported her murder convi

  • Kline v. KDB Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Weinstock and Matthew W. Carlton Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason B. Schwartz Temple, Strickland, Counts & Dinges, Decatur, Harvey S. Gray, Christopher M. Ziegler Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, Cheryl R. Reid and Richard A. Carothers Carothers & Mitchell, Buford, for appellant. Michael Connor Sr. and Michael Connor Jr., Mableton, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A08A1594

    Evidence that the arresting officer had probable cause and exigent circumstances to lawfully arrest the plaintiff without a warrant for criminal trespass at a bar and restaurant precluded the plaint