• Perdue et al. v. Barron et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Cheeley, (Cheeley Law Group LLC), Alpharetta, Gabrielle Holland, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, William Charles Bundren, (Bundren Law Group, PLLC), Frisco, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Joyner, (C. David Joyner, P.C.), Buford, Cheryl Ringer, Mathew Plott, (Fulton County - Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1528

    Court affirms dismissal of a petition for declaratory and injunctive relief that addressed matters involving the November 2020 general election

  • In the Matter of Willie George Davis, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline | Trusts and Estates
    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), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Y0445

    Disbarment Warranted by Mishandling of Estate and Conservatorship, and Repeated Failures to Comply With Court Orders

  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Christian Coomer.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-12
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Prescott Boring, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Atlanta, Courtney Mays Veal, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Marietta, Anna Green Cross, (Cross Kincaid LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis T. Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, Mark Daniel Lefkow, (Copeland, Stair, Valz & Lovell, LLP), Atlanta, Johannes S. Kingma, (Stites & Harbison, PLLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Charles Iverson McBurney, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S21Z0595

    Judicial Qualifications Commission Lacked Jurisdiction Over Conduct Occurring Before Person Became Judge or Candidate

  • In the Matter of Nathan E. Hardwick IV.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristen Wright Novay, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Y0502

    Court accepts petition fort voluntary surrender of a law license following petitioner's conviction on numerous felonies involving financial fraud

  • In the Matter of L. Nicole Hamilton.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: L. Nicole Brantley, Rincon, for appellee; Quentin LaMont Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: S23Y0201

    Six-Month Suspension Appropriate Discipline Following Attorney's Failure to Return Unearned Fees and Timely Pay Arbitration Award

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  • In the Matter of David John Pettinato.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Y0434

    Ten-Day Suspension Appropriate as Reciprocal Discipline For Similar Discipline Impose on Georgia Attorney Licensed in Florida

  • In the Matter of Dana Nicole Jackson.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana Nicole Jackson, (The Law Office of Dana N. Jackson), Snellville, for appellee; Samuel Jeffrey Rusbridge, (Dyer & Rusbridge, P.C.), Canton, for other party.

    Case Number: S23Y0451

    Disbarment Was Appropriate Sanction After Attorney Knowingly Converted Client's Property

  • In the Matter of Gus Vincent Soto.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    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: Gus Vincent Soto, (Soto Dui Defense), Tallahassee, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Y0438

    Court approves disbarment of attorney in Georgia as reciprocal discipline to his suspension from the practice of law in Florida

  • In the Matter of Kara Sherrisse Lawrence.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    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: Kara Sherrisse Lawrence, Atlanta, for appellee; Catherine Koura, (Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S23Y0269

    Court approves disbarment of attorney in view of her multiple violations of Rules of Conduct and aggravating circumstances and abandonment of a client

  • In the Matter of Muhammad Abdul-Warit Abdur-Rahim.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-10
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George O. Lawson, Jr., (Lawson & Thornton, P.C.), Atlanta, Muhammad Abdul-Warit Abdur-Rahim, (Mars Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, James Stephen Lewis, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee; Joshua Clark Bell, (Joshua C. Bell, LLC), Whigham, John Ryd Bush Long, (John R. B. Long, P.C.), Augusta, for other party.

    Case Number: S20Y0209

    Suspension From Practice Appropriate Discipline For Attorney Who Failed to Appear at Date and Time Specified For Reprimand