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  • In the Matter of Amber Holly Bunch.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-01
    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, William Dallas NeSmith, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ivan Andrew Gustafson, (Law Office of Ivan Gustafson), McDonough, for appellee; Delia T. Crouch, (Law Office of Delia T. Crouch), Newnan, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0917

    Attorney's Petition For Voluntary Surrender of License Supported by Serious Trust Account Violations

  • In the Matter of Glen Roy Fagan.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-09
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glen Roy Fagan, (Southern Company), Atlanta, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0802

    Attorney Who Had Previously Resigned Was Formally Disbarred For Knowingly Misappropriating Client Funds

  • In the Matter of Daniel Kirkland McCall.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Constance Mcmanus, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0729

    Attorney Requesting Voluntary Discipline Failed to Show Why Suspension Should be Imposed Nunc Pro Tunc

  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Eric W. Norris.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-20
    Practice Area: Judges
    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, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis T. Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, Blaine Alexander Norris, (Blaine A. Norris, PC), Athens, for appellee; Robert Charles Iverson McBurney, (Superior Court Of Fulton County), Atlanta, Jamala Sumaiya McFadden, Solicitor, (The Employment Law Solution: McFadden Davis, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21Z0916

    Court recommends a public reprimand against a Judge who exhibited deliberate and premediated intemperate conduct after being criticized by a bail bondsman

  • In the Matter of Edward Hine, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Hine, Jr., Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0206

    Additional Facts Not Mentioned in Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Discipline Warranted Its Rejection

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  • Scott v. Smith-Denton

    Publication Date: 2022-07-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samantha Mandell, Rachel Sullivan, (Kendall Mandell LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Evans, (Franklin Evans Law Firm), Chestnut Mountain, Scott Kuperberg, (The Kuperberg Law Firm, LLC), Norcross, David Dorer, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Jonathan Broderick, Suzette Broderick, (Broderick Law Group), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0486

    Court reverses award of default judgement where defendant had not been properly served and substitute affidavit of service was not acceptable

  • GS Cleantech Corporation et al. v. Cantor Colburn, LLP

    Publication Date: 2022-07-13
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Hord, Ellen Lighthiser, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Brumbaugh, Lawrence Slovensky, Brian White, Billie Pritchard, Carson Bennett, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0387

    Court reverses denial of motion to dismiss law firm's declaratory judgment petition and refers legal malpractice matter to Connecticut arbitration

  • Smith et al. v. Millsap et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-29
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Halsey Knapp, (Krevolin Horst, Inc.), Atlanta, Kathryn Whitlock, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Stephen Rothring, Charles Foster, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Tate, Robert Thomas, Tyler Dillard, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee; Jason Beach, Eric Taylor, Laura Wagner, (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Kalb, (Barnes & Thornburg, LLP), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0429

    Trial Court Order Cancelling Attorney's Lien Prior to Final Judgment Was Not Immediately Appealable

  • Ellis v. Oles et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-09
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tatyana Ellis, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Hoffmeyer, William Newcomb, (Stites & Harbison PLLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0440

    Any Error in Excluding Expert's Affidavit in Support of Summary Judgment Motion Was Harmless

  • In the Matter of David J. Farnham.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-02
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0880

    Surrender of License Appropriate Discipline Following Misconduct in Representation of Client in Personal Injury Matter