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  • Antley at al. v. Small et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Floyd, John Rains, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig Gillen, Anthony Lake, (Gillen Withers & Lake, LLC), Atlanta, F. Hallman, Richard Wingate, (Hallman & Wingate, LLC), Marietta, Gus Small, (Small Herrin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0223

    Court variously affirms and reverses trial court's orders on tolling of statute of limitations in a lawsuit against attorneys for former trustees charged with fraud

  • In the Matter of David J. Farnham.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-30
    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: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Marietta, for Appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Anthony B. Askew, (Chair, Review Panel), Atlanta, LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, Other Party.
    Case Number: S21Y0597

    Remand to Special Master Necessary For Hearing on State Bar's Motion to Strike Attorney's Pleadings as Discovery Sanction

  • Coe et al. v. Proskauer, LLP

    Publication Date: 2021-07-26
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry MacDougald, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, Jeven Sloan, W. Canada, John McKenzie, David Deary, (Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon, LLP), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Morris, (Akerman LLP), Atlanta, Shari Klevens, (Dentons US LLP), Washington, Mark Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, David Lederkramer, (Proskauer Rose), New York, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0142

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of law firm on plaintiff's legal malpractice action, which was invalid due to statute of limitations issues

  • Armstrong et al. v. Cuffie et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy James Gardner, Henrietta Gaveral Brown, (Gardner Trial Attorneys), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas F. Cuffie, Magua Bianca Benson, (The Cuffie Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee; James Andrew Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G1404

    Statute of limitations for legal malpractice claim in a negligence case begins on the last day when injured party' counsel could have started an underinsured motorist claim

  • In the Matter of Joseph Roger Davis.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    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: Joseph Roger Davis, (Robert O. House PC), Macon, Joseph Roger Davis, Sr., Macon, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Daniel S. Reinhardt, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y0752

    Court affirms sanction of disbarment against an attorney with a prior disciplinary record who had abandoned and failed to respond to a client

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  • In Re Ragas

    Publication Date: 2021-07-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Morgan, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erik Pirozzi, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0237

    Court reverses order of criminal attempt that had been issued against an attorney due to insufficient evidence to show violation of any order directed at the attorney

  • In the Matter of Jenny Lindsay.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Legal Education
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny Lindsay, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell David Willard, Elizabeth T. Young, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Heidi Manroe Faenza, Rebecca S. Mick, (Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Z0101

    Bar Applicant's Failure to Provide Official Law School Transcript Precluded Finding of Eligibility to take Georgia Bar Exam

  • McWay v. McKenney's, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-17
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Timothy Santelli, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Rust, David Sawyer, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, L.L.P.), Atlanta, Robert Edwards, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0341

    Court Did Not Err in Awarding Attorneys' Fees in Excess of Amount Sought in Former Attorney's Notice of Lien

  • In The Matter Of Cynthia Ann Lain (five cases).

    Publication Date: 2021-05-14
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cynthia Ann Lain, (The Lain Law Firm LLC), Duluth, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Michael J Blakely, Jr., (Pope McGlamry), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0652

    Court Orders Disbarment for Lawyer, Citing Her Rule Violations and Failure to Engage Honestly in the Disciplinary Process

  • In the Matter of Earnest Redwine.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-07
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Earnest Redwine, (Law Offices of Earnest Redwine, Jr.), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Patrick H. Head, Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0684

    Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Neglected Client in Personal Injury Matter