• In the Interest of A. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Annette Cowart, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Hannah, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Andrea Moldovan, (Andrea R. Moldovan P.C.), Douglasville, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gina Smalley, (Law Offices of Gina Smalley, LLC), Marietta, Brad MacDonald, (Hill/MacDonald, LLC), Marietta, for appellee. Lisa Johnson, (The Laj Law Firm, LLC), Dallas, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A2092

    Juvenile Court's Placement Decision Was Faulty For Failure to Fully Consider and Apply Child's-Best-Interest Standard

  • Wooten v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Hildebrand, (Hildebrand Law Office, P.C.), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vikki Clark, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Ringgold, Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1521

    Court Affirms Convictions for Drug Possession but Reverses Conviction for Receiving Stolen Property of Defendant Who Claimed Drugs Weren't His and That He Lacked Knowledge That Gun Was Stolen

  • McClendon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Seares, (Office of the Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Marc Mallon, (Senior Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1408

    Following Trial Court Errors, Defendants Are Entitled to a New Trial

  • In The Interest of H. B. et al., Children.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Lenn (Lisa Lenn PA), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gayle Abramson (Attorney at Law), Dallas; Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Richard Tangum (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0257

    Evidence Father Sexually Abused His Children Supported Juvenile Court's Dependency Order