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  • Kim v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, John Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1345

    Court affirms convictions for rape and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • In the Matter of Ashutosh S. Joshi.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Vincent Chandler, (Chandler Law LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee; Patrick E. Longan, (Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University), Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0155

    Court rejects petition for voluntary sanctions for attorney's communications with a represented witness and remands for consideration of disciplinary rule violations

  • In the Matter of Candice Valerie Blain.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Candice Valerie Blain, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0661

    Court orders disbarment of an attorney who abandoned a client and failed to respond to disciplinary actions

  • In the Matter of Chandra McNeil Norton.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randy Scott Chartash, (Chartash Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles David Jones, (Taylor Tucker & Jones LLC), Peachtree City for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0306

    Court orders disbarment as a sanction against a lawyer who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and who failed to report conviction for more than a year

  • In the Matter of Debra Kaye Scott.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kaye Scott, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0508

    Court suspends attorney from practice of law due to her failure to appear for a public reprimand that was agreed upon as an appropriate sanction for her violations of Bar Rules

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  • In the Interest of M. B., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Wittich, (The Law Office of Jennifer Wittich), Pooler, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allison Bailey, (State Court of Chatham County), Savannah, Wendy Furey, (Beckmann & Furey LLP), Savannah, Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Janice Powell, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1175

    Juvenile Court Had Authority to Order Adjudicated Delinquent Mother to Seek Medical Care For Herself and Her Child

  • In the Matter of Tamorra A. Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ecleynne Mercy, (The Foster Firm), Atlanta, for appellee; LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0940

    Remand to Special Master For Hearing on State Bar's Motion For Default Was Appropriate

  • Rodriguez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2022-12-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Pineres, Alexander Cook-Green, (W. Calvin Smith II P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Abraham, Justin Sanders, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand and Prout), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1361

    Plaintiff Did Not Exercise Necessary Diligence to Serve Process on Defendant After Expiration of Statute of Limitation

  • In the Matter of William D. Thompson, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-18
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William deForest Thompson, Jr., (William Deforest Thompson Jr. PA), Vienna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y1198

    Court approves attorney's petition for retroactive one-year suspension of his Georgia license, which parallels his discipline in an underlying Florida disciplinary matter

  • In the Matter of Franklin David McCrea.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin David McCrea, (Law Office of David McCrea), Alma, for appellee; Jack J. Helms, Jr., (The Helms Law Firm, P.C.), Homerville, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y1157

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Abandoned Client and Failed to Participate in Disciplinary Proceedings