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  • In the Interest of D. C. S. et al., Children

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph East, (Joe East Law, P.C.), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, James Chamberlin, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1492

    Court affirms order terminating a mother's parental rights to her two children based on evidence of abandonment, failure of support, and lack of parental care and control

  • Boone v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, (District Attorney), Rome, Ashley Cox, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1610

    Court affirms convictions for attempted child molestation, trafficking for sexual servitude, and computer pornography, but reverses convictions for obscene contact and attempted exploitation

  • Kennedy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brett Adams, (Ellis C. Smith, Attorney at Law), LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, John Winne, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office ), Lagrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1412

    Court affirms convictions for firearm possession and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, improper denial of a motion to suppress, and wrongful seizure of evidence

  • College Park Business and Industrial Development Authority v. College Park Mob, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, Brian Goldberg, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Simon Bloom, Shannan Oliver, Benjamin Dell'orto, (Bloom Parham LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1332

    Court reverses grant of specific performance in real estate dispute due to trial court's lack of consideration of property value, but affirms summary judgment denying seller's breach of contract claims

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

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Green, (The Law Office of Amy L. Green LLC), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Amy Michaud, Bryan Webb, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Shane Geeter, (Attorney at Law), Milledgeville, Hoganne Harrison-Walton, (The Hogan Law Firm LLC), Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1454

    Court affirms juvenile court's placement of child with biological family over foster family

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  • Buenrrostro v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1307

    Court affirms convictions in a child molestation case over defendant's claims of trial court errors and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Adam Rice et al. v. Fulton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Class Actions
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, (Knight Palmer, LLC), Atlanta, Ranse Partin, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, Lindsey Hillis, (The Hillis Firm), Atlanta, Nicholas Sears, (Nicholas Sears), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Colin Delaney, Dana Richens, Anthony Rollins, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Kaye Burwell, (Fulton County Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Joyce Lewis, Kana Caplan, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Laura Yellig, (Fulton County Public Defender), Atlanta, Jacob Edwards, (Krevolin Horst), Atlanta, Hermise Pierre, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, John Petty, (City of Roswell Legal Department), Roswell, David Davidson, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellee; Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A23A1646

    Court reverses denial of class certification in a taxpayers' proposed class action property tax lawsuit against Fulton County

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anita Howard, Cynthia Adams, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office Office of the District Attorney Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1342

    Court affirms denial of out-of-time appeal in a voluntary manslaughter case

  • Cooper et al. v. Pollard et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Cohilas, Maggie Cropp, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Venterra Pollard, Corey Morgan, Camilla, for appellee; LaTonya Wiley, (Denmark Ashby LLC), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0389

    Court affirms default judgments in a quo warranto action and denial of a contempt motion pending an appeal in a petitioner's residency eligibility challenge to district council members

  • Dekalb County School District et al. v. Dekalb Agriculture Technology and Environment, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-01
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Jolliffe, (Hall Booth Smith), Athens, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, Melanie Slaton, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, Russell Britt, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Fortson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin), Atlanta, Peter Farley, (McGuire Woods LLP), Atlanta, Heidi Siegmund, (McGuire Woods LLP), Richmond, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0787

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of charter schools and against a School District, finding that the schools' claims sounded in breach of contract and were not barred by sovereign immunity