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  • City of Atlanta et al. v. Girls Galore, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-12
    Practice Area: Entertainment and Sports Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Callins, Hermise Pierre, (City of Atlanta Law Department - Litigation Practice Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cary Wiggins, (Wiggins Law Group), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1608

    Court affirms superior court reversal of mayor's sanctions on a nightclub where those sanctions were not based on findings from a Review Board hearing

  • Bentley v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2022-10-17
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Sarah Pomella Cornejo, (Saraj Cprmekp Law, LLC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bret Moore, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, Ross Moore, (Ross Moore,II, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee; Christopher Brookhart, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0735

    Court affirms order denying plaintiff's motion to invalidate an attorney's lien because some evidence indicated that the plaintiff authorized an underlying settlement

  • In the Interest of R. J. A., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Brandon Delfunt, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Cora Fisher, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Office), Doraville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1062

    Court affirms re-transfer of a rape case against a 16-year old from juvenile to superior court, where the superior court had originally transferred the case to juvenile court

  • Bland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Lockwood, (Office of the Public Defender Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1547

    Trial Court's Error in Proceeding With Critical Stages of Trial in Defendant's Absence Required Reversal of Conviction

  • Glenn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Alston Pearlman, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, Brian Vance Patterson, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19G1236

    Common Law Right to Resist Unlawful Arrest Includes Right to Use Proportionate Force Against Government Property to Counter Illegal Detention

  • Coleman v. Pretium Mortgage Acquisitions Trust et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Coleman, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Windham, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Kenney, (Kenney & Medina, P. C.), Suwanee, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0294

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of lender-successors in mortgage foreclosure action

  • Boyd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Ashley Hurley, (Office of the District Attorney John H. Cranford, Jr. Coweta County Justice Center), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0381

    Court affirms child molestation convictions over defendant's venue, evidentiary, and ineffective assistance objections

  • Housing Authority of the City of Augusta v. Gould

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Aaron Cosper, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, Christopher Randall Jordan, (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ira L. Foster, Kenneth Jonathan Jones, Lisa Jane Krisher, Susan Alice Reif, (Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G0524

    City Housing Authority Hearing Officer's Decision Was Not Quasi-Judicial Decision Under Georgia Certiorari Law

  • Villa Sonoma at Perimeter Summit Condominium Association, Inc. v. Commercial Industrial Building Owners Alliance, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Robl, (Robl Law Group LLC), Tucker, William Merlin, Ashley Harris, Michael Poli, (Merlin Law Group PA), Tampa, Phoenix, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Jenniges, Ronald Negin, Anne-Marie Shipe, (Busby & Negin), Atlanta, Michael Kennick, (Kennick & Associates), Fullerton, Richard Zelonka, (Wood Smith Henning & Berman), Atlanta, Gregory Mast, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, Hobart Hind, (Butler, Pappas, Weihmuller, Katz, Craig, LLP), Tampa, Thomas Wingfield, C. Johnson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Stephanie Glickauf, (Goodman McGuffey, LLP), Atlanta, James Kitces, (Robins Kaplan LLP), Boston, Jeffrey Lewis, Megan Mitchell, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Gregory Mast, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, Wayne Taylor, Michelle Sherman, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins), Atlanta, Robert Fisher, Brandon Gossett, (Clyde & Co. US LLP), Atlanta, Stephen Cotter, Frederick Ferrand, Amy Rubenstein, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1760

    Court reinstates fraud and misrepresentation claims against an insurance entity

  • U-Haul Company of Arizona et al. v. Rutland et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Insurance Law | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight), Atlanta, Sean Hyatt, Jenny Mendelsohn, Gerald Mize, Colin Kelly, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, John Oxendine, (Oxendine Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cable, P.A.), Dallas, for appellee. Johnathan Krawcheck, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, Sanjay Ghosh, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, Mason Rountree, (Rountree Law Firm), Dallas, Henry Pruett, (Levy & Pruett), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A2037

    Plaintiff Lacked Standing At Initial Stage of Litigation to Seek Declaratory Judgment Regarding Defendant's Maximum Insurance Coverage