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  • In re Adkins Jr.

    Publication Date: 2004-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Elizabeth M. Williamson State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Bobby G. Adkins Jr. Adkins Legal Servs. LLC, Marietta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Samuel M. Matchett King & Spaulding, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0809; S04Y0810; S04Y0811

    An attorney who billed his clients for time spent in responding to their bar complaints was disb

  • Carey v. Houston Oral Surgeons LLC

    Publication Date: 2004-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard R. Thomas Sr., George W. McGriff and Eric E. Wyatt George W. McGriff & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert T. Tuggle III Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle & Jerles, Perry, Michael J. McConnell and Joseph E. Finley Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A2405

    A mutual release signed by the parties negated a prior attorneys' fee award in the underlying litig

  • Barnes v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor W. Jones Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., and Richard E. Harris, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John C. Rogers and Johannes S. Kingma Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2331

    Plaintiffs were time-barred from raising a legal malpractice claim that was filed in excess of 4-years after the alleged act of negli

  • Moon v. Moon

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Fletcher Jr. and Michael R. Dunham Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick J. Fox McNally, Fox & Grant PC, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03F0991

    Any error in the trial court's refusal to hear the testimony of the couple's 14 and 13-year-old children at the final hearing on the divorce was harmless since the trial court determined that the mo

  • Smith v. Morris, Manning & Martin LLP

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Graydon W. Florence Jr., Atlanta, for Smith. John A. Sherrill and Stephen M. Parham Seyfrath Shaw, Atlanta, for Morris, Manning & Martin LLP.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A1516; A03A2075

    Noncompliance with the expert affidavit requirement does not render professional negligence actions void at their ince

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  • Ellerin & Assocs. v. Brawley

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irwin M. Ellerin, William L. Phalen III Ellerin & Assocs., and William J. Morton MD, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John Hinton IV, Robert G. Brazier and Seaton D. Purdom Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0924

    Plaintiffs were not entitled to a recovery under their contingency fee contract for legal services rendered to their former clients since the clients discharged the plaintiffs before settling their

  • Evers v. Evers

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul R. Koehler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel W. Mitnick Daniel W. Mitnick & Assocs. PC, Alpharetta, and Miles W. Rich, Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1288

    Since the trial court declined to award attorneys' fees to either party, it was not required to hold an oral hearing or make findings of fact and conclusions o

  • Bennett v. Mullally

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Stephen Sims Barrow & Sims PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: V. Claire Cornwell-Williams and Eugene C. Brooks IV, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1393

    An award of prejudgment interest was proper because under O.C.G.A. § 51-12-14, the plaintiff's notice to the defe s lawyer of her demand constituted notice to the defe

  • In re Carter

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, Elizabeth M. Williamson and Jonathan W. Hewett State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Fred Carter, Atlanta. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Carol S. Baskin Baskin & Baskin, Marietta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y0885; S03Y1284; S03Y1285

    An attorney who accepted client retainers for services he did not provide in a timely or appropriate manner is disb

  • Schlau v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian L. Schlau, Sparta, proceeded pro se. Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, and Alexander J. Markowich, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0486; A03A1247

    The trial court failed to hold a hearing on the pro se defendant's motion to withdraw his negotiated guilty