A Woodstock, Georgia, law firm has been ordered to pay $530,000 in damages to a past client after a Cherokee County Superior Court jury determined its failure to meet a filing deadline constituted legal malpractice and breach of a fiduciary duty.

As plaintiff counsel with O’Dell, O’Neal, Hungerford & Blanchard hail the outcome as vindication for a mother deprived of the opportunity to challenge a parental termination, defense counsel with Akin & Tate believe their defense clients have “excellent grounds for appeal.”

‘Missed a Critical Deadline’

Nick Booth, left, and Justin O'Dell, right, of O’Dell, O’Neal, Hungerford, & Blanchard in Marietta, GA. Courtesy photos Nick Booth (left) and Justin O’Dell of O’Dell, O’Neal, Hungerford, & Blanchard in Marietta, Georgia. (Courtesy photos)

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