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  • In the Matter of Walter Douglas Adams.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Douglas Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee; Jack J. Helms, Jr., (The Helms Law Firm, P.C.), Homerville, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0437

    Attorney's Rules Violation in Connection With Fee Dispute Warranted One-Year Suspension

  • In the Matter of Marsha Williams Mignott.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marsha Williams Mignott, (The Mignott Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellee; Joshua Clark Bell, (Joshua C. Bell, LLC), Whigham, Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Chong J Kim, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0974

    Court dismisses disciplinary action against attorney who used and disclosed information from a prospective client because no attorney-client relationship had existed such that the use was improper

  • In the Matter of Ryan Curtis Cleveland.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Curtis Cleveland, Boston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0688

    Disbarment Appropriate Discipline Based on Attorney's History of Abandonment of Clients and Failure to Respond to Notices of Discipline

  • In the Matter of David Carleton Head.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Carleton Head, Waco, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0635

    State Bar's Notice of Discipline Failed to Describe Several Instances of Prior Discipline Cited as Aggravating Factors

  • Gallegos-Munoz v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, or appellant,
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Ryan Fisher, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0713

    Court states that a defendant must first establish with reasonable probability that a prior sexual abuse allegation was false before that evidence will be admitted

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  • Marshall v. Lundy

    Publication Date: 2023-10-11
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gordon L. Joyner, (The Law Offices of Gordon Joyner), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen N. Hollomon, (Attorney at Law), Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1067

    Court affirms superior court decision that a mayoral candidate was validly elected as mayor of Fort Valley

  • In the Matter of Robert Mallory Crawford.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III,, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy E. Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0631

    Three-Year Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Attorney Who Wrongfully Obtained Client Funds From Court Registry

  • In the Matter of Susan Janette Lopez.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Janette Lopez, Marietta, 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: S23Y1047

    Court accepts attorney's petition for surrender of her law license after she pled guilty to a felony charge of aggravated stalking

  • In the Matter of Ramon David Sammons Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ramon David Sammons, Jr., Atlanta, for appellee; Charles David Jones, (Charles D. Jones Attorney at Law LLC), Griffin, Joshua Clark Bell, (Joshua C. Bell, LLC), Whigham, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0743

    Attorney Was Not in Default When Special Master Issued Default Order

  • In the Matter of Andrew Matteson.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-08
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Lang, (The Lang Legal Group LLC), 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: S23Y0585

    Attorney Provided Adequate Assurance He Would Not Commit Future Rules Violations After Completion of Proposed Suspension