• In the Matter of Jenny Lindsay.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Legal Education
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny Lindsay, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell David Willard, Elizabeth T. Young, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Heidi Manroe Faenza, Rebecca S. Mick, (Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21Z0101

    Bar Applicant's Failure to Provide Official Law School Transcript Precluded Finding of Eligibility to take Georgia Bar Exam

  • In The Matter Of James Edward Watkins, Sr.

    Publication Date: 2017-10-27
    Practice Area: Legal Education
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge N/a
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Edward Watkins (James E. Watkins Sr. Esq), McDonough, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Joseph Alexander Boone (Boone Scott & Boone), Irwinton; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S17Y1842

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney for multiple derelictions related to his deficient representation and abandonment of two unrelated clients.

  • Zelda Enterprises, LLLP et al. v. Guarino et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-10-20
    Practice Area: Legal Education
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melissa Gilbert, Todd Hatcher (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Ingram, Tammi Brown (Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta; Carey Olson (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1437

    In granting appellees' motion to disqualify appellants' counsel, the trial court failed to first assess whether appellees waived the opportunity to move for disqualification of counsel before granting the motion; accordingly, the Court vacated the order granting the motion and remanded for further proceedings.

  • In The Matter Of Anthony Sylvester Kerr

    Publication Date: 2017-10-06
    Practice Area: Legal Education
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Sylvester Kerr, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17Y1623

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney in connection with his conduct in three disciplinary matters.