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  • In the Matter of Stephen Anthony Power.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Anthony Power, (The Power Firm LLC), Snellville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0536

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction Following Abandonment of Clients, Trust Account Misconduct, And Disciplinary Defaults

  • In the Matter of Candace Lanette Sneed (four cases).

    Publication Date: 2022-09-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; William Thomas Davis, (Naggiar & Sarif LLC), Newnan, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S22Y0943

    Attorney's Admitted Rules Violations Supported Petition For Voluntary Discipline of Nine-Month Suspension

  • Citimortgage, Inc. v. Goldstein

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Thomas F. Whelan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attys. For Plaintiff: Akerman LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Atty for Defendants: Paula A. Miller, P.C., Jessica Goldstein, Lewis Goldstein, & Trinity Estates LLC, Smithtown, NY.
    Case Number: 605256/21 E

    Court Grants Request for Rent Receivership in Unusual Foreclosure Case

  • In the Interest of C.C. et al., Children.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Buell Hume, (Hume, Jaacks & Associates, LLC), Cumming, Brittani Chandler, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ross Warren Bergethon, Shalen S. Nelson, Bryan Keith Webb, Emily Allen Harris, Christopher M. Carr, Hannah Basta, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kris-Ann Poe, Hiawassee Rochelle Ann Doyle, Roswell, for appellee; Melissa D. Carter, (Emory University School of Law), Atlanta, Edward Albert Bedard, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus; Mathew K. Titus, (Titus Law LLC), Alpharetta, Victoria Cuneo Powell, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Kurtis George Anderson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S22A0584

    Juvenile Court Applied Wrong Standard in Determining Parents' Religious Objection to Vaccinating Children Was Insincere

  • 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.