• Dipietro v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Marc Mallon, (Senior Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0915

    Court affirms child molestation conviction over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and trial court error on barring testimony from a witness

  • Leslie v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Brandenburg, Leigh Schrope, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Atlanta, Marcia Shein, (Law Office of Marcia G. Shein, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Leonard, Sean Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0556

    Court affirms defendant's kidnapping and armed robbery convictions over multiple contentions of error

  • Hicks v. Gabor et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Dalziel, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Lefkoff, (Lefkoff Law, LLC), Atlanta, Matthew Jones, John Padesky, (Busch, Reed, Jones & Leeper, P.C.), Marietta, Charles Murphy, (Vaughan & Murphy), Atlant, Matthew Steakley, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1648

    Court reverses dismissal of interpleader claimant from surety bond action but affirms dismissal of her counterclaim and other trial court orders

  • Aguila v. Kennestone Hospital, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William James, (William Dixon James, P.C.), Decatur, Charles Gower, Charles Gower, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, Miranda Brash, Shaun O'Hara, (Charles A. Gower PC), Columbus, Michael Terry, Michael Baumrind, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Ivey, Robert Martin, Tyler Pritchard, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, Lindsey Mann, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, William Withrow, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Lauren Dimitri, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1492

    Motion to Dismiss Not Appropriate Method of Challenging Claims That Might Later Be Supported With Additional Evidence