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  • In the Matter of W. McCall Calhoun, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Clarence Evans, Jr., (Evans & Rhodes, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee; LaRae Dixon Moore, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y1160

    Court suspends attorney law license pending appeal of his felony and misdemeanor convictions related to his participation in the siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021

  • In the Matter of Cory Howerton Fleming.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Pendarvis, (Pendarvis Law Offices PC), Beaufort, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0970

    Court accepts attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his law license in a disciplinary matter relating to representation of a client in a wrongful death action against Alexander Murdaugh

  • In the Matter of Tamorra A. Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ecleynne Mercy, (The Foster Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.; LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for Other Party
    Case Number: S22Y0940

    ourt accepts attorney's petition for public reprimand in response to disciplinary matter over her violations of Practice Rules 1.4, 1.5(b), and 7.1

  • Carter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Virginia Lee Davis, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0871

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and rejects defendant's claims of error as to omission of an accomplice corroboration jury Instruction and improper admission of evidence

  • In the Matter of Walter Douglas Adams.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Douglas Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee; Jack J. Helms, Jr., (The Helms Law Firm, P.C.), Homerville, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0437

    Attorney's Rules Violation in Connection With Fee Dispute Warranted One-Year Suspension

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  • In the Matter of Marsha Williams Mignott.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marsha Williams Mignott, (The Mignott Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellee; Joshua Clark Bell, (Joshua C. Bell, LLC), Whigham, Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Chong J Kim, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0974

    Court dismisses disciplinary action against attorney who used and disclosed information from a prospective client because no attorney-client relationship had existed such that the use was improper

  • Matthews v. Oskouei

    Publication Date: 2023-11-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Hedrick, (Hedrick Law LLC), Atlanta, Scott McMickle, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch, L.L.P.), Alpharetta, Parks Stone, Michael Manfredi, Eleanor Jolley, (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yasha Heidari, Yenniffer Delgado, (Heidari Power Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Chenyu Li, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0863

    Court reverses denial of attorney's motion to strike a defamation lawsuit under the anti-SLAPP statute, finding that defendant did not establish that plaintiff would prevail on a libel and slander claim

  • Alexander et al. v. Francis

    Publication Date: 2023-11-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Damages
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis, (Ichter Davis, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heather Brown, (Brown Law, LLC), Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0934

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Open Default After Defendants Failed to Plead Meritorious Defense

  • XIE Law Offices, LLC et al. v. Luo

    Publication Date: 2023-11-15
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Birg, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glianny Fagundo-Toro, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, David Minces, (Minces Rankin PLLC), Bellaire, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0985

    Court affirms confirmation of an arbitration award in favor of an employee and denies employer's motion to vacate confirmation, but vacates and remands a portion of the order related to interest

  • Coleman v. Phillips et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Davis, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Arthur Phillips (Phillips & Phillips), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0835

    Court affirms partial summary judgment orders in attorney fee-sharing dispute, finding that open issues of material fact precluded plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on breach of contract claims