• Nayani v. Bhatia et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-18
    Practice Area: Cybersecurity | Privacy
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yasha Heidari, (Heidari Power Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Chenyu Li, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Zelonka, Jenna Fowler, Kelli Steele, (Wood Smith Henning & Berman, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1716

    Court reverses summary judgment for defendants in a plaintiff's lawsuit for invasion of privacy and violations of computer systems protections in a case involving unauthorized access of medical records

  • Everett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Sarah Jane Thomas, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Mario Kladis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0396

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of jury instruction error on justification and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Richardson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dillon McConnell, (The Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0179

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of improper witness testimony bolstering and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Durden v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, Ryan C. Malone, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Cynthia Dawn McDonald, (Chatahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0270

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to a Detective's testimony and claims of jury instruction error, but vacates armed robbery conviction due to merger doctrine error

  • 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

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  • Hassan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Pareesa Hanna Amjadi, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0026

    Court affirms convictions in a gang-related drive-by shooting case over defendant's challenge to admission of evidence about another related murder and alleged jury instruction error.

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gary Drew Bergman, (Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia), Morrow, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Tina G. Stanford, (Chatahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0105

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and jury selection error

  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amara Montgomery, (Rockdale County Public Defenders Office), Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County Courthouse 2nd Floor), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1690

    Court affirms denial of a motion for early probation termination under OCGA § 17-10-1 (a) (1) (B), citing statute's directory nature and deference to trial court's judicial discretion

  • Ameriprise Holdings, Inc. v. Kathy McCampbell, as Surviving Child of Etta McCampbell, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Byrne, Stacey Mohr, Samantha Darnell, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Evans, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Kevin Quirk, (Quirk & Quirk, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: A23A1736

    Court reverses denial of a motion to set aside a default judgment in a garnishment case due to use of an incorrect garnishment form

  • Yntema v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-04-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Franklin, (Franklin Family Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lynne Bradley, (Dawn H. Taylor, Attorney at Law), Suwanee, for appellee; Ulice Sauls, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree Corners, Nicholas Martin, (Martin DeMelfi, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A1562

    In a complex dispute over a petition for child custody modification, court modifies speech restrictions and vacates order sealing certain case records