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  • Hong v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, (GA Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, Sandra Partridge, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Office of District Attorney), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1268

    Court affirms convictions for rape and aggravated stalking over defendant's contentions of evidentiary and other error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Ewing et al. v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Andrew, (Andrew, Merritt, Reilly & Smith), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Moore, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1382

    In a declaratory judgment action regarding a trust, the court affirmed the denial of equitable relief, vacated a denial of fees, and reversed on an issue of who is a beneficiary

  • MyFamilyDoc, LLC et al. v. Johnston et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-17
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne McGrew, Andrew Bagley, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Wisebram, Lee Gutschenritter, (Finch, McCranie, Brown Hendrix et al), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1714

    Court reverses denial of practitioner's summary judgment motion in a malpractice case where she had not relationship with patient, and affirms denial as to other issues

  • Empire South Realty Advisors, LLC et al. v. Younan

    Publication Date: 2023-02-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell Thaw, Andrew Ruberti, (Connell, Thaw & Ruberti, LLC), St. Simons Island, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Craft, (McGee & Craft PC), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1256

    Court affirms dismissal of libel claim, which was an unactionable statement of opinion, but reverses dismissal of claims for slander, emotional distress, and defamation

  • City of Alpharetta v. Francis et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-17
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Cowan, Dana Maine, Marrissa Dunn, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Mirabella, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Marietta, Mark Weinstein, Camesha Mitchell, (Law Offices of Mark Weinstein P.C.), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1533

    Court reverses denial of a municipality's motion to dismiss a claim where the claimant's ante litem notice included a range but not a specific damages amount

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  • 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

  • Whited v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara Mattes, (Barbara Mattes, Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Walter Cliff Howard, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1215

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of error regarding a jury charge and abuse of discretion in denying a motion to strike evidence