• Inquiry Concerning Judge Kenneth E. Fowler

    Publication Date: 2010-07-09
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Allen, Columbus, James B. Durham Durham, McHugh & Duncan PC, Brunswick, Robert D. Ingram Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta, Christopher S. Anulewicz, Michael J. Bowers Balch & Bigham LLP and Constance C. Russell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jon F. Helton Hilburn & Helton PC, Dublin, for appellee. Other party representation: H. Jerome Strickland Jones, Cook & Miller LLP, Macon.

    Case Number: S10Z1144

    A probate court judge, who allowed criminal defendants to buy-out their community service portions of their sentences, placed the buy-out funds in an undisclosed bank account and did not turnover or

  • In re Baska

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emilien O. Loiselle Jr., Dacula, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Rebecca S. Mick, Ann S. Brumbaugh, Assistant Attorneys General, and Sarah E. Lockwood Office of Bar Admissions, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S07Z0422

    The record supported the decision of the Board to Determine Fitness for Bar Applications that the applicant lacked candor when he stated that he never tried to hide following the revocation of his

  • In re Shelfer

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Elizabeth M. Williamson State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. James E. Spence Jr., Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0978

    An attorney who used estate funds for his personal benefit after drafting a client's will naming himself as executor or her estate was suspended for two years with conditions on reinstat

  • State v. Vogleson

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Jennifer M. Daniels, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara M. T. Yeager, Ruth L. Rocker and Demetria N. Williams DeKalb County Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S01G1642

    The trial court violated the defendant's right of confrontation when it refused to allow defense counsel to question defendant's accomplice about the amount of prison time he thought he was avoiding

  • Dawson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. West and Robert H. Citronberg, Atlanta, for Dawson. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Susan W. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. Amicus appellant: Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, Robert L. Tsai American Civil Liberties Union, Natsu T. Saito Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, and Amy G. Donnella, St. Davids, Penn.Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Stephen B. Bright Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, and Althea L. Buafo Buafo & Assocs., Macon, for Moore. Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, Eastman, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. Amicus appellant: Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S01A1041, S01A1210

    The future use of electrocution as a means of executing death sentences in Georgia would violate the Georgia Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punis

  • In re Bates

    Publication Date: 2001-09-21
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and E. Duane Cooper, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Allen E. Bates Allen E. Bates & Assocs., Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S01Y0614

    Attorney voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law based on his federal convictions for mail fraud and money laund

  • In re Adams

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harlan S. Miller III Parks, Chesin & Miller PC, Atlanta, Hollie G. Manheimer and E. Stephanie Stuckey Stuckey & Manheimer LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathryn L. Allen, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Rebecca S. Mick, Assistant Attorney General, and Hulett H. Askew, Director Officer of Bar Admissions, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S01A0577

    Bar applicant who secured a military discharge by falsely stating under oath that he was a homosexual was denied certification of fitness to practic

  • Fong v. Poole, 06 Civ. 1719

    Publication Date: 2007-12-07
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    Date Filed: 2007-11-21
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Gerard Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 06 Civ. 1719

    District Judge Gerard E. Lynch U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Andrew J. Ceresney, Sara M. Zausmer, Jeffrey C. Berman, Debevoise & Plimpt

  • March 5, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Unpublished Opinions

    STATE COURT CASES ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — FOOD STAMPS — MEDICAL EXPENSES — INTERNET SERVICE 01-2-2933 G.&S.B.-P. v. N.J. Dep't of Human Service

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  • October 27, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Unpublished Opinions

    STATE COURT CASES ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION 03-2-4058 Massa v. McGuire Buick-Pontiac GMC, App. Div. (per curiam) (10 pp.

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