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  • In the Matter of Joel David Myers.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Charles Wilson, John Allen Earles, (Georgia Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, Russell David Willard, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Lester Tate, III, (Akin & Tate, PC), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Z0598

    Court grants disbarred attorney's application for readmission following rehabilitation

  • In the Interest of H. D. G. H., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-04-15
    Practice Area: Family Law | Immigration Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake Evans, (The Blake Evans Law Firm), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Cathy Lerow, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1659

    Court vacates juvenile court's conclusion that it lacked jurisdiction in a dependency and Special Immigrant Juvenile status case and remands for court to make critical findings for minor's status

  • In the Matter of Shaquandra A. Woods.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, 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: S24Y0566

    Court accepts attorney's voluntarily petition for suspension of her law licenses pending her appeal of a criminal conviction for conspiracy to commit wire fraud

  • In the Matter of Andrea Jo Anne David-Vega.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-03
    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: David S. Lipscomb, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Christine Anne Koehler, (Law Office of Christine Koehler), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0099

    Court rejects Special Master's recommendation for a suspension and instead disbars attorney for serious professional misconduct, including fabrication of evidence and false statements

  • Crary v. Clautice et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David S. DeLugas, (National Association Of Parents, Inc. d/b/a Parentsusa), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Jeffrey Rubin, (Rubin Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0004

    Court dismisses challenge to constitutionality of grandparent visitation statute and affirms denial of motions for contempt and for fees and expenses that appellant had sought from grandparents

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    Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner

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  • In the Matter of Cheryl Joyce Braziel.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl Joyce Braziel, (C Braziel Law Firm), Cameron, Cheryl Joyce Braziel, Cameron, for appellee; Daniel S. Reinhardt, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0267

    Court agrees with a Special Master's recommendations and suspends attorney for two years as a sanction for violating Practice Rules in a personal injury lawsuit and settlement

  • In the Matter of Deirdre Maria Stephens.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David S. Lipscomb, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Patrick E. Longan, (Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University), Macon, John Ryd Bush Long, (John R. B. Long, P.C.), Augusta, for other party.
    Case Number: S24Y0049

    Court rejects Review Board's recommendation of suspension and instead agrees with a Special Master's assessment, resulting in disbarring of an attorney for severe misconduct

  • Cox-OTT et al. v. Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hungeling, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Adam Rubenfield, (Hungeling Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Blackwell, Steven Collins, Meredith Kingsley, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1733

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of attorney in a legal malpractice lawsuit

  • Cordial Endeavor Concessions of Atlanta, LLC v. Gebo Law LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine Mast, Thomas Buckler, (Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donna Johnson, Atlanta, Tyler Dillard, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1474

    Court affirms $1.15 million damages award for unpaid legal services in a quantum meruit lawsuit filed by an attorney who provided those services

  • Barnwell v. Trivedi

    Publication Date: 2024-03-08
    Practice Area: Communications and Media
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauncey Barnwell, (Chauncey Napoleon Brown Barnwell, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay Eidex, (Attorney at Law), Suwanee, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1312

    Court affirms attorney fees award in favor of defendant under anti-SLAPP statute in defamation lawsuit between attorneys