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  • Belcher v. Belcher

    Publication Date: 2018-07-05
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Forwood (Forwood Law LLC), Watkinsvilee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry Fitzpatrick (Law Office of Lane Fitzpatrick), Danielsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0362

    Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded Against Former Spouse Whose Claimed Reason for Ceasing Alimony Payments Lacked Factual Basis

  • Edward N. Davis, P. C. v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2018-07-05
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Davis (Attorney at Law), Butler, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joel Sherlock (Mincey & Sherlock LLC), Roberta, for appellee. Adam Russo (Lefkoff Rubin & Gleason & Russo PC), Atlanta; James Anthony (Warner Bates McGough McGinnis & Portnoy PC), Atlanta; Floyd Dickens (Gaddis & Lanier LLC), Atlanta; Derek Littlefield (Cushing Morris Armbruster & Montgomery LLP), Atlanta; Joseph Burton (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0087

    Late-Filed Statutory Attorney's Lien Was Not Superior to Other Liens Claimed by Interpleader Defendants

  • Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. v. Anduro Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-22
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Parker-Flynn (Carlton Fields Jorden Burt), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherri Buda, Bryan Knight (Knight Johnson LLC), Atlanta; Hayden Pace (Stokes Wagner ALC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0682

    Some Evidence Supported Jury's Finding That Defendants Were Jointly and Severally Liable For Attorney Fees

  • Durrance v. Schad

    Publication Date: 2018-06-19
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Fierman (Attorney at Law), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Milton Gardner (Attorney at Law), Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0577

    Lack of Evidence Supporting Stalking Claim Warranted Award of Costs and Fees to Defendant

  • Johnson v. Dekalb County, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel Woodhouse (The Woodhouse Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Cristina Correia (State of Georgia Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta; Phillp Friduss, Ernest Satterfield (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta; Robert Ware (Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta; Nathan Gaffney (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta; Russell Britt (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1607

    County Tax Official Who Successfully Challenged Special Election Was Entitled to Attorney Fees

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  • The Law Offices Of Jorge Luis Flores, LLC v. Cruz & Associates

    Publication Date: 2018-02-16
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Attorney Compensation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricardo DeMedeiros (The Law Office of Rick J. DeMedeiros, PC), Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Pellitero (Cruz & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1983

    The trial court erred in reversing the Appellate Division of the State Board of Workers Compensation's decision affirming an award of attorney fees to former counsel in a worker's compensation case because, applying the appropriate standard of review, there was sufficient evidence below to support the award of attorney fees.

  • Fulton County, Georgia v. Soco Contracting Company, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-04
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Freeman, Cathy Nash, Bethany White (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City; Cheryl Ringer (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta; Denval Stewart (Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Roberts (Roberts Construction Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Larry Ramsey (ACCG), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A1001

    The Court of Appeals vacated the denial of County's motion for summary judgment in construction company's suit arising out of a contract for the construction of a cultural center and remanded the case for further consideration because it did not appear that the trial court considered whether the parties strictly complied with the procedure for modifying the contract.

  • Sanchez v. Carter et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-03
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Hendrix (Attorney at Law), Columbus; Todd Maziar (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Julian, Gary Hurst (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Shannon Rolen (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A1135

    Claimant was not entitled to workers' compensation dependency benefits after her live-in boyfriend, whom she was dependent on due to her own inability to work, was fatally injured at work because the two were not married, either ceremonially or by common law.

  • Ocmulgee EMC et al. v. McDuffie

    Publication Date: 2017-11-02
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Lee Hubbs Jr., David Samuel Dix (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Blake J. Smith, David Benjamin Ricks (Nelson and Smith, LLC), Macon for appellee. John G. Blackmon, Jr. (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta; Ann Baird Bishop (Sponslor, Bishop, Koren & Hammer, PA), Atlanta, for amicus appellant. Douglas Jeffrey Witten (State Board of Workers Compensation), Atlanta, for amicus appellee.
    Case Number: S17G0038

    An employer need not show the availability of suitable employment to justify suspension of workers' compensation benefits after already establishing that an employee's work-related aggravation to a preexisting condition ceased to be the cause of the employee's disability.

  • Ivey v. McCorkle et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-10-31
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glee Smith (Attorney at Law), Warrenton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0796

    The trial court erred in ruling that certain City ordinances did not conflict with the City's Charter in mayor's suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against City councilmembers.