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May 10, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Runners-up this week include litigators at Cooley, Kramer Levin and Varnum.

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Baker v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-04-03
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, James Travis Griffin, (Hogue Hogue Fitzgerald & Griffin, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Herbert Hartwig, Rodrigo L. Silva, William Marshall Kendall, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
Case Number: S23A0860

Court reverses malice murder conviction due to admission into evidence of a rap music video showing the defendant with a gun, which the court deemed to be more prejudicial than probative

Ryniker v. Sumec Textile Co. Ltd.

Publication Date: 2023-12-01
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Schuyler Carroll, P. Gregory Schwed, on the brief, Noah Weingarten, Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, New York.
for defendant: Sumec Textile Company Limited, Defendant-Appellee
Case Number: 23-60-bk

Circuit Lacks Jurisdiction Over Litigation Administrator's Appeal of Interlocutory Order

Wiggins v. Griffin

Publication Date: 2023-11-27
Practice Area: Constitutional Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Per Curiam Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Robert E. Wiggins: Meredith Kotler, Andrew Henderson, and Matthew Steyl, on the brief, Jennifer Loeb, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Thomas Griffin, M. Kopp, D. Howard, and Dr. G. Jebamani: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, and Judith N. Vale, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Eric Del Pozo, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY.
Case Number: 21-533

Correctional Facility Officials Substantially Burdened Inmate's Religious Exercise

Appellate Division, First Department: May 8, 2023

Publication Date: 2023-05-08
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
Industry:
Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
Judge: Unsigned
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: DOCKET

Appeals & Motions List released on:May 4, 2023

In the Matter of Claud L. McIver III.

Publication Date: 2023-05-03
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S23Y0621

Court accepts attorney's petition to voluntarily surrender his license to practice law in Georgia following his felony conviction for influencing a witness

Perdue et al. v. Barron et al.

Publication Date: 2023-04-17
Practice Area: Election and Political Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Cheeley, (Cheeley Law Group LLC), Alpharetta, Gabrielle Holland, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, William Charles Bundren, (Bundren Law Group, PLLC), Frisco, for appellant.
for defendant: Charles Joyner, (C. David Joyner, P.C.), Buford, Cheryl Ringer, Mathew Plott, (Fulton County - Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A22A1528

Court affirms dismissal of a petition for declaratory and injunctive relief that addressed matters involving the November 2020 general election

In the Matter of Nathan E. Hardwick IV.

Publication Date: 2023-03-31
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristen Wright Novay, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S23Y0502

Court accepts petition fort voluntary surrender of a law license following petitioner's conviction on numerous felonies involving financial fraud

McIver v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-07-29
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb P.C.), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ruth M. Pawlak, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A0093

Evidence Supported Instruction on Misdemeanor Unlawful-Manner Involuntary Manslaughter in Case Involving Firearm

Appellate Division, First Department:April 28, 2022

Publication Date: 2022-05-02
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
Industry:
Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
Judge: Unsigned
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: DOCKET

Appellate Division, First Department:April 28, 2022