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  • In the Interest of D. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle Gopman, (Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Joycelyn Curry, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Lytia Brown, Joshlynn Clark, (Brown Geiger & Associates), Atlanta, Dana Leader, (Fulton County Office of the Child Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1131

    Georgia Court reverses Alabama court's dependency finding due to lack of jurisdiction under UCCJEA

  • XIE Law Offices, LLC et al. v. Luo

    Publication Date: 2023-11-15
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Birg, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glianny Fagundo-Toro, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, David Minces, (Minces Rankin PLLC), Bellaire, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0985

    Court affirms confirmation of an arbitration award in favor of an employee and denies employer's motion to vacate confirmation, but vacates and remands a portion of the order related to interest

  • Stewart v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2023-10-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Martin, (The Law Office of Lynn W. Martin), Ponte Vedra Beach, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garnett Harrison, (Harrison & Fortier), Kingsland, Jacqueline Fortier, (Garnett Harrison, P.C.), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0869

    Remand Necessary For Trial Court to Address Issue of Personal Jurisdiction Over Party Accused of Contempt

  • The State v. Small

    Publication Date: 2023-09-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, (Assistant District Attorney Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1140

    Court reverses order granting defendant's new trial motion, finding there was no basis to conclude that his trial counsel performed deficiently as to a jury charge request

  • Kudzu Capital, LLC v. City of Decatur

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Peters, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luther Beck, John Zwald, (Beck, Zwald & Associates, LLC), Buford, Bryan Downs, (Wilson Morton & Downs, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0374

    Court affirms a final judgment in a condemnation case over property owner's arguments over admission of certain testimony and exclusion of other evidence

  • The State v. Bly

    Publication Date: 2023-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Brandon Delfunt, Ryan Smith, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0153

    Court affirms motion to suppress evidence of narcotics seized during a traffic stop because officers had no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to initiate that stop

  • Velazquez v. Perez

    Publication Date: 2023-05-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Manely, William King, (The Manely Firm, P.C.), Marietta, Kaitie Ruhl-Pirone, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Thompson de Magana, (Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0297

    Court affirms divorce decree, child support and spousal support awards, and division of marital assets, but reverses and remands on issues of distributions of certain debts

  • CPI-Phipps Limited Liability Company v. Billboard Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Antony Sanacory, Zachary Hall, Dorothea Ille, (Hudson Lambert Parrott Walker, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Simon Bloom, Adam Nugent, Sean Ryan, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1285

    Court reverses summary judgment order in a commercial lease dispute and rules that circumstances do not show that landlord accepted tenant's surrender of the leased premises

  • Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission v. New Georgia Project Action Fund et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-08
    Practice Area: Discovery | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth Young, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Russell Willard, (Attorney at Law Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyce Lewis, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Bryan Sells, (Law Office of Bryan L. Sells LLC), Atlanta, Marc Elias, Aria Branch, Elisabeth Frost, Alexi Velez, (Elias Law Group LLP), Washington, for appellee; Other Parties, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin & Horst, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0748

    Court affirms denial of a motion to compel a document subpoena to two campaign entities and reverses an order modifying a subpoena to another entity

  • Brazil v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alonzo Nelson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carrie Hackett, Ashley Wine, (Hackett & Wine LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Royce Bluitt, (The Bluitt Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0037

    Court affirms denial of mother's petition to modify child custody and her motion for a new trial where father's relocation was not a material change in circumstances