• In the Matter of W. McCall Calhoun, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Clarence Evans, Jr., (Evans & Rhodes, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee; LaRae Dixon Moore, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for other party.

    Case Number: S23Y1160

    Court suspends attorney law license pending appeal of his felony and misdemeanor convictions related to his participation in the siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021

  • In the Matter of Cory Howerton Fleming.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Pendarvis, (Pendarvis Law Offices PC), Beaufort, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Y0970

    Court accepts attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his law license in a disciplinary matter relating to representation of a client in a wrongful death action against Alexander Murdaugh

  • Vans Inc. v. MSCHF Product Studio Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Philip A. Goldstein, McGuire Woods LLP, New York, NY; Tanya L. Greene, McGuire Woods LLP, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, Lucy Jewett Wheatley, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Megan K. Bannigan, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; William D. Patterson, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago IL, on the brief, David H. Bernstein. For Amicus Curiae Daniel Arsham in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Vivek Jayaram, Jayaram Law Group, Chicago, IL. For Amici Curiae Emmanuel Perrotin, Jean-Paul Engelen in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Ronald D. Coleman, Dhillon Law Group Inc., Newark, NJ. For Amici Curiae Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Mark A. Lemley, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae American Apparel & Footwear Association, Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America, Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc., and Accessories Council in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Zachary D. Cohen, Rachel W. Adams, on the brief, John P. O'Herron, ThompsonMcMullan, P.C., Richmond, VA. For Amicus Curiae Nike, Inc., in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Tamar Y. Duvdevani, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY, on the brief, Stanley Panikowski, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA. For Amicus Curiae International Trademark Association in Support of neither party: Martin Schwimmer, Leason Ellis LLP, White Plains, NY; David Donahue, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief, Vijay K. Toke, Rimon P.C., San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae Authors Alliance, Mason Rothschild, Alfred Steiner in Support of neither party: Mark P. McKenna, Christopher J. Sprigman, Rebecca Tushnet, on the brief, Rhett O. Millsaps II, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-1006

    Confusion on Source of Wavy Baby Shoe Likely; Vans Likely to Prevail on Infringement Claim

  • In the Matter of Tamorra A. Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ecleynne Mercy, (The Foster Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.; LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for Other Party

    Case Number: S22Y0940

    ourt accepts attorney's petition for public reprimand in response to disciplinary matter over her violations of Practice Rules 1.4, 1.5(b), and 7.1

  • In the Matter of Walter Douglas Adams.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Douglas Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee; Jack J. Helms, Jr., (The Helms Law Firm, P.C.), Homerville, for other party.

    Case Number: S23Y0437

    Attorney's Rules Violation in Connection With Fee Dispute Warranted One-Year Suspension

  • In re Liberty County Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Discovery | Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0321

    An insurance company, that was ordered to pay sanctions in relation to medical records produced in discovery, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court erred in that decision.

  • In the Matter of Matter of John Naccarato, an attorney and counselor-at law. (OCA ATTY. REG. NO. 2651958)

    Publication Date: 2023-11-29
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department
    Judge: Per Curiam Before: Barbara R. Kapnick, J.P., Jeffrey K. Oing, Ellen Gesmer, Bahaati E. Pitt-Burke, Kelly O'Neill Levy, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jorge Dopico, Chief Attorney, Attorney Grievance Committee, New York (Louis J. Bara, of counsel), for petitioner.
    for defendant: Respondent pro se.

    Case Number: Motion No. 2023-04140 -October 2, 2023

    Matter of Naccarato

  • K.S. v. Dep't of Human Serv.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-0184-22

    Plaintiff appealed the temporary suspension of her benefits for six months.

  • In the Matter of Marsha Williams Mignott.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marsha Williams Mignott, (The Mignott Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellee; Joshua Clark Bell, (Joshua C. Bell, LLC), Whigham, Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Chong J Kim, Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S23Y0974

    Court dismisses disciplinary action against attorney who used and disclosed information from a prospective client because no attorney-client relationship had existed such that the use was improper

  • Ex Parte Thomas

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: WR-94,420-01

    Applicant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.