• In the Matter of Sawand Palmer.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy W. Copeland, Tyrone Nathaniel Haugabrook, (Copeland, Haugabrook & Walker), Valdosta, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, LaRae Dixon Moore, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S22Y0394

    Suspension From Practice Appropriate Following Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Discipline

  • In the Matter of Waymon Sims (two cases).

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Anne Koehler, (Law Office of Christine Koehler), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Catherine H. Hicks, (Fox, Chandler, Homan, Hicks & McKinnon), Gainesville, for other party.

    Case Number: S22Y0395

    Petition For Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriately Accepted Following Attorney's Admission of Serious Rules Violations

  • In the Matter of Justin Grey Woodward.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Grey Woodward, (Law Offices of J.G. Woodward), Chattanooga, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22Y0331

    Public Reprimand Appropriate Following Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Discipline

  • Barrows v. Becerra

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees and Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees: Wey-Wey Kwok, on the brief, Alice Bers, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Willimantic, CT; David J. Berger, Steven Guggenheim, on the brief, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA; Regan Bailey, Carol Wong, on the brief, Justice in Aging, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Michael S. Raab, on the brief, Adam C. Jed, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, for Brian M. Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae AARP, AARP Foundation, National Disability Rights Network, and Disability Rights Connecticut: M. Geron Gadd, Kelly Bagby, William Alvarado Rivera, on the brief, AARP Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Kasey Considine, on the brief, Disability Rights Connecticut, Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae The American Medical Association and Connecticut State Medical Society: Erin G. Sutton, on the brief, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL. For Amicus Curiae The American Health Care Association: James F. Segroves, on the brief, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 20-1642-cv

    Medicare Beneficiaries' Rights Violated by Reclassification Absent Mechanism to Appeal

  • Foote v. Texcel Exploration

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bailey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11-20-00028-CV

    Appellants brought suit for damages to cattle killed and injured from an oil spill adjacent to land they had arranged to use for grazing.

  • Barshay v. Naithani

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Katherine Polk Failla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20 Civ. 8579

    Dismissal of Breach Suit Over Failure to Pay Debt Owed for 19 Years Is Explained

  • In the Matter of Cory Howerton Fleming.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-27
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22Y0339

    Order of Emergency Suspension Appropriate After Attorney Voluntarily Advised State Bar of Discipline in Another State

  • Daves v. Dallas County

    Publication Date: 2022-01-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Class Actions
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Owen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-11368

    Appellants brought a class action suit challenging the bail system in Dallas County and alleging indigent arrestees are subjected to an unconstitutional system of wealth-based detention.

  • State v. Gerena

    Publication Date: 2022-01-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melanie K. Dellplain, Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Melanie K. Dellplain, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Stephanie Davis Elson, Assistant Prosecutor (Esther Suarez, Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney; Ednin D. Martinez, Assistant Prosecutor, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-72-20 (085359)

    Lay Opinion Testimony Regarding Age Could Be Admitted on a Factually-Dependent, Case-by-Case Basis

  • USA v. Lara

    Publication Date: 2022-01-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-50112

    Appellants, sisters Mary Ann and Melissa Lara, were convicted by a jury of various drug trafficking counts after attempting to drive a pickup truck containing over 38 kilograms of methamphetamine in the truck's tires from Mexico into the United States.