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  • Horn v. Shepherd

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Celeste F. Brewer, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa L. D. Griffis Rosenzweig, Jones, Horne & Griffis PC, Taylor B. Drake, and Clifton M. Sandlin Glover & Davis PA, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0890

    A trial court does not have the authority to make payment of a new attorneys' fee award a condition for purging contempt of a previous

  • Clarke v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon Brown & Gill, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Wesley Ross District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0924

    An attorney's use of a law firm's letterhead, administrative resources, contact information on court documents, and time and billing software system, along with her admission that she owed the firm

  • In the Matter of Adrienne R. McFall

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S12Y1134

    An attorney, with a history of taking money from clients and abandoning them, was disb

  • Mayor & Aldermen of the City of Savannah v. Batson-Cook Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew D. Shore, Gregory K. Morgan, Elizabeth B. Hodges Phillips & Morgan LLP, Atlanta, James B. Blackburn and Peter A. Giusti, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles J. Willis, Mark L. Degennaro Willis, McKenzie, Degennaro & Alford LLP, LaGrange, Robert S. Glenn Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, Stanley Karsman Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, and Brian J. Vella Smith, Pachte, McWhorter PLC, Vienna, Va., for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A0768

    The trial court did not err in denying the city's motion to recuse the trial judge because the city's factual assertions did not demonstrate that the judge's impartiality might reasonably be quest

  • In the Matter of Kelly L. Turner

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly L. Turner, Cumming. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Kellyn O. McGee, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S11Y0070

    An attorney, who failed to keep a detailed accounting of funds paid to her and created a contract for legal services after the fact will receive a Review Panel Repr

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  • Francis-Rolle v. Harvey

    Publication Date: 2011-05-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sonia Francis-Rolle, Fairburn, proceeded pro se. William M. Ordway, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A0357

    The trial court erred to the extent that it required mother to pay child support pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 19-6-15 e, with no limit as to age, because financial assistance after the child reaches the a

  • In the Matter of Robbie M. Levin

    Publication Date: 2011-05-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Colette R. Steel, Atlanta. Dean C. Bucci Plumley & Bucci LLC, Dallas.
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    Case Number: S11Y0598

    An attorney, who pled guilty to misdemeanor distribution of obscene material and criminal attempt to commit interference with custody, was suspended for 24 months with conditions on reinstat

  • Pine Grove Builders Inc. v. Suntrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2011-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Christy and Philip R. Green Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Camden B. Scearce Jr., Caroline B. Stefaniak, and Timothy L. Mickel Husch, Blackwell, Sanders LLP, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1790

    The trial court erred by confirming a foreclosure sale as to a guarantor of a loan because the notice by publication failed to list the date and time of the confirmation he

  • In re Dolezal

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Kellyn O. McGee, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of country-regionGeorgiaplaceCityAtlantaJennifer R. Dolezal, Jefferson. Leslie S. Jones PlaceNameAthens-ClarkePlaceTypeCountyMunicipal Court, CityAthensand Anthony B. Askew, Review Panel Chairperson King & Spalding LLP, placeCityAtlanta
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    Case Number: S11Y0039, S11Y0040

    An attorney, who abandoned two domestic relations clients, failed to return one client's unearned fees and failed to respond to the disciplinary proceedings, was disb

  • In re Suttle

    Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of country-regionGeorgiaplaceCityAtlantaJames E. Spence Jr. Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, placeCityDecaturWilliam L. Skinner, Tucker, and Anthony B. Askew, Review Panel Chairperson King & Spalding LLP, placeCityAtlanta
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10Y1548

    An attorney, who entered an Alford plea to residential mortgage fraud was suspended for two years with conditions on reinstat