• Hall et al. v. Davis Lawn Care Service, Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Madden Cork, (Law Offices of Charles M. Cork, III), Decatur, Trent B. Speckhals, (Speckhals Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Holder Smith, Jr., William Justin Purvis, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, Thomas Packer Willingham, Mary Leah Miller, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC), Atlanta, William U. Norwood, (Attorney at Law), Thomasville, Yehuda Smolar, (Yes Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Richard K. Hines, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Raleigh Willis Rollins, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, for appellee; Roy M. Sobelson, Atlanta, Melinda Cole Pillow, (Law Office of Melinda C. Pillow, LLC), Decatur, Brian Michael Deutsch, (McCurdy & Candler, LLC), Decatur, Linda S. Pacer, (Pacer Law LLC), Alpharetta, Kevin Timothy O’Sullivan, (Cohen, Pollock, Merlin Turner, P.C.), Atlanta, Millie Baumbusch, (Baumbusch Law, LLC), Atlanta, Allison L. Byrd, (Morgan & Disalvo, P.C.), Alpharetta, Ruthann P. Lacey, (Law Office Of Ruthann P. Lacey, P.C.), Atlanta, Deana M. Spencer, (Spencer Law, LLC), Lawrenceville, David Paul Pollan, (The Pollan Law FIRM), Atlanta, Sarah Elizabeth Siedentopf, (Siedentopf LAW), Atlanta, Hamida Jackson-Little, (Law Offices of HJ Little), Alpharetta, Diane Beth Weinberg, (Weinberg Elder Law, LLC), Sandy Springs, Mark Allen Crigler Robinson, (Robinson & Blazer, LLP), Decatur, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: s22g0019

    Conservator Did Not Forfeit Exclusive Power to Participate in Litigation on Behalf of Minor Children

  • September 12, 2022 | The American Lawyer

    Freshfields Hires Wilson Sonsini Partner as September Stays Hot for Antitrust Lateral Moves

    At least four antitrust lawyers in the Beltway have found new homes in just the past two weeks, following a strong year of movement in the practice area.

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  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0737

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence to support his convictions

  • Rayner v. Claxton

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-20-00145-CV

    On April 5, 2017, appellant Dennis Rayner was hauling an oversized load of oilfield spools on a truck owned by appellant Even Better Logistics, LLC traveling west on U.S.

  • In the Interest of ESS

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-21-00025-CV

    Appellant and appellee divorced in 2015.

  • Texas Tech University v. Flores

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-20-00202-CV

    In 1993, appellee, then thirty-seven years old, began working at appellant Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso as a temporary medical secretary.

  • People v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Criminal Court, Kings
    Judge: Judge Joshua Glick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the People: Alexis Zargar, Assistant District Attorney, Office of the Kings County District Attorney.
    for defendant: For the Defendant: Kiersten Reider, Attorney at Law, Brooklyn Defender Services.

    Case Number: CR-000948-22KN

    Court Denies Challenge to Speedy Trial Rule Upon the People's Showing of Due Diligence

  • F.J.O. v. M.I.O.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Edmund M. Dane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 800207/2018

    Motion to Hold Ex-Wife in Contempt for Noncompliance Denied Due to Lack of Prejudice

  • Garcia v. Orta

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Southwick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-50890

    Appellee alleged that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated because he was detained without probable cause for driving while intoxicated.

  • People v. McCarter

    Publication Date: 2022-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Diane Kiesel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the People: Executive A.D.A. Joyce Smith, of counsel, Alvin Bragg, District Attorney, New York County.
    for defendant: For the Defendant: Sean Hecker, Esq., Alexandra Conlon, Esq., Molly K. Webster, Esq., Anne Yearwood, Esq., Kaplan Hecker & Fink, LLP. Jeffrey A. Brown, Esq., Timothy Ly, Esq., Dechert, LLP. Jacob W. Buchdahl, Esq., Susman Godfrey, LLP. Tess Cohen, Esq., ZMO Law, PLLC.

    Case Number: 746/2020

    The People's Motion to Dismiss in the Interest of Justice Denied in Case Against DV Victim