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  • In re Erion

    Publication Date: 2000-11-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S00Y1238

    In a divided decision, the Supreme Court ruled that an attorney who failed to represent his client, did not refund the client's retainer and did not respond to disciplinary authorities was disb

  • In re Watkins

    Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S00Y0903, S00Y0923

    Attorney who settled a client's case without authority and kept the settlement proceeds to pay another person's unpaid legal fees is disb

  • Williamson v. Abellera

    Publication Date: 2000-08-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Ford Sr. James Lee Ford PC, Carl A. Crowley III Starkey, Land & Crowley PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel S. Reinhardt and William M. Droze Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0918

    Attorney could have foreseen that a tax-free exchange facilitator whom he recommended to his clients but with whom he was unfamiliar would abscond with his clients'

  • Nichols v. Main Street Homes Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Dubuc, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Steven J. Misner Misner, Scott & Grate, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0369, A00A0370

    Trial court erred in not allowing the plaintiff's attorney to testify as to the reasonableness of his attorney

  • Greer v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward H. Lindsey Jr. and Ernest R. Bennett Jr. Goodman, McGuffey, Aust & Lindsey LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Allegra J. Lawrence and Teresa W. Roseborough Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0688

    The defendants' obligation to furnish their church's financial records to a church trustee was not an ecclesiastical matter, since the church by-laws provided that any member could inspect the books

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  • DeKalb County v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan A. Weintraub, County Attorney, Jeffrey L. Mann, Assistant County Attorney DeKalb County Law Department, Decatur, and Harvey S. Gray Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William T. Mitchell Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Robert W. Cullen Cullen & Miller, Jonathan C. Peters Love & Willingham, David F. Walbert Middleton, Mathis, Adams & Tate PC, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, and Robert L. McGlasson, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: S00A0517

    The superior court's chief had no authority to issue any order in the defendant's case because it was under the exclusive jurisdiction of another superior court

  • Clark v. Head

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Michael Treadaway, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry L. Gentry and Christine C. Daniel Cobb County Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1429

    Plaintiff's contract to provide legal services to district att s child support recovery unit was unenforceable against newly-elected district att