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  • Smith et al. v. Millsap et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-10
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Court Administration
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Holm, (Blaska Holm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Millsap, Atlanta, Aaron Clark, (Kan Clark, LLP), Atlanta, Halsey Knapp, Jessica Cino, (Krevolin Horst, Inc.), Atlanta, David Houtsma, (David Houtsma Law Firm LLC), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0651

    Trial Court Properly Disbursed Registry Funds Based on Attorney's Lien After Arbitrator Rejected Attorney's Fee Claim

  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Gerald Johnson.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-08
    Practice Area: Court Administration
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Courtney Mays Veal, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis T. Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, for appellee; Robert Charles Iverson McBurney, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, Richard L. Hyde, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, Dax Eric Lopez, (Delcampo Grayson Lopez LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Z0858

    Judge Who Had Resigned Could Not Thereafter Be Removed From Office

  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Christian Coomer.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-07
    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, (Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield), 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

    Judge's Numerous Bad Faith Violations of Code of Judicial Conduct Warranted Removal From Office

  • Stanley v. Patterson et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-28
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Reginald McClendon, (Lister & Holt, LLC), Jonesboro, Duane Pritchett, (MARTA), Atlanta, Elizabeth Taylor, (Gwinnett County Law Department), Lawrenceville, Jacquita Parks, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0987

    Quasi-Judicial Immunity Did Not Protect Court Administrator and Managers From Suit For Error That Led to Plaintiff's Arrest and Incarceration

  • 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

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    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

    Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner

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  • Armstrong et al. v. Solicitor General Of Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2023-03-23
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Britt, (Chandler, Britt & Jay, LLC), Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Whiteside, Joseph Morales, (Gwinnett County Solicitor’s Office), Lawrenceville, Lisamarie Bristol, (Office of the Public Defender), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1537

    State Lacked Authority to Seek Order Directing Recorder's Court Judges to Transfer Ordinance Violation Cases to State Court

  • Stanley v. Patterson et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-07
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig T. Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquita Laverne Parks, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee; Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, William James Atkins, (Edmond, Lindsay & Atkins, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0405

    Quasi-Judicial Immunity Did Not Protect Court Administrator and Managers From Suit For Error That Led to Plaintiff's Arrest and Incarceration

  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Terrinee Lynette Gundy.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-16
    Practice Area: Court Administration
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Prescott Boring. Courtney Mays Veal, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Gabriel Banks, (Banks Weaver LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles Michael Johnson, (Superior Court, Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, Jamala Sumaiya McFadden, (The Employment Law Solution: McFadden Davis, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S19Z1369

    Municipal Court Judge's Habitual Tardiness and Excessive Absenteeism Warranted Public Reprimand and 90-Day Suspension

  • Collins v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2022-04-26
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan Begner, Eric Coffelt, (Begner & Begner, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Edwards, Marietta, John Melvin, (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0442

    State Lacked Authority to Institute Criminal Contempt Proceedings In Civil Action Between Private Parties

  • Black Voters Matter Fund Inc. et al. v. Kemp et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Thomas Rhodes, Samuel Aaron Emas, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Javier Pico-Prats, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Holly Anne Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Christopher M. CarrBryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Wayne Brown, Samuel Ethan Meller, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, George R. Hall, William James Keogh, III, James Christopher Driver, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, Barry Abbott Fleming, Frank Adam Nelson, Paul Simon Patterson Williams, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1263

    Voter Advocacy Organization Lacked Standing to Challenge Legislation Splitting Judicial Circuit Into Two New Circuits