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  • Bethune v. Bethune

    Publication Date: 2022-04-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight Feemster, (Duffy & Feemster, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Gerard, Robert Lingle, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1659

    Banking Records Predating Effective Date of Power Attorney Were Relevant In Action Challenging Agent's Conduct

  • Glass et al. v. Faircloth et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-06
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Letitia McDonald, Lohr Beck-Kemp, Peter Diaz, (King & Spalding), Atlanta, Robert Reeves, Thomas Tate, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Jacobs, William Banks, Christopher Carr, (Deputy Attorney General), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, Ann Ferebee, Jennifer Odom, (Bryan Cave LLP), Atlanta, James Manley, Jill Kuhn, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Whitney Groff, (Georgia Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, William Withrow, Kathleen Campbell, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Nicholas Bedo, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1737

    Order Directing Trust to Pay Trustee's Legal Fees Was Directly Appealable as Mandatory Interlocutory Injunction

  • The Cotto Law Group, LLC v. Benevidez

    Publication Date: 2022-03-29
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Damages | Law Firm Associates
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Hines, (Law Office of Matthew C. Hines, LLC), Austell, A. Thomas Stubbs, (Law Office of A. Thomas Stubbs, LLC), Decatur, L. Vreeland, (Law Offices of Matthew C. Hines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Little, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Caitlin Lentz, (Hami Little PC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1601

    Prevailing Plaintiff Was Entitled to Attorney Fees Award Following Default Judgment on Complaint That Sought Fees and Expenses

  • Junior v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben C. Brodhead, III, Ashley Brooke Fournet, John Wesley Ingram Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Brian Terry, Michael Brandon Jones, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Joseph Robb Cruser, Raymond Russell Grant, II, (Cruser & Mitchell, LLP), Norcross, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21G0578

    Post-Trial Attorney Fee Award For Litigation Expenses Did Not Preclude Separate Award For Failure to Accept Settlement Offer

  • Bainbridge Ltd., L.P. v. Dekalb County Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2022-03-11
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thompson Kurrie, Edward Preston, Kayla Barnes, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bennett Bryan, Matthew Welch, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, Clark Candler, (Hall County District Attorneys Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1808

    Tax Valuation of Apartment Complex Failed to Account For Impact of Restrictive Covenants and Higher Operating Costs

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  • In the Matter of Jerry Boykin.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Boykin, Powder Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0563

    Court accepts attorney's petition for violation of Rules 505(a) and 8.4(a)(4)

  • In the Matter of Anthony O. Van Johnson.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    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: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Samuel Jeffrey Rusbridge, (Dyer & Rusbridge, P.C.), Canton, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0282

    Six-Month Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Attorney Who Admitted to Rules Violations in Two Civil Matters

  • Fluellen v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2022-02-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Locke, (Locke Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Warren Smith, Gary Casper, (W. Calvin Smith II, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Hammer, (Lueder Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Atlanta, Jennifer Pridgeon, (DuBose Law Group LLC), Madison, for appellee; Wayne McGrew, Colleen Callaghan, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1234

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury car complaint because plaintiff did not exercise the greatest possible diligence to perfect service after statute of limitation expired

  • Wood et al. v. Wade et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Wood, (L. Lin Wood, P.C.), Atlanta, Ibrahim Reyes, (Reyes Lawyers, P.A.), Coral Gables, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Beal, Milinda Brown, (Buckley Beal LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0558

    Court affirms interlocutory injunction to enforce a non-disparagement clause in a settlement agreement between attorneys that were formerly in business together

  • Alred v. Georgia Public Defender Council

    Publication Date: 2022-02-23
    Practice Area: Government | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Stiller, (Howard J. Stiller, P.C.), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Boyter, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1189

    Georgia Public Defender Counsel Not Immune From Suit For Legal Malpractice