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This is the third appearance of this matter before this Court. The case arises out of suit filed by David Smith and Premier/Georgia Management Co., Inc. “Premier” against Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP “MMM”, John G. “Sonny” Morris, Jeanna A. Brannon, Elizabeth Gray Tatum and Tim Pollack collectively “the law firm”. As an initial matter, we note that neither the appellants nor the appellees in these matters complied with Ct. App. R. 25 c 3 iii, which requires that references to the record should be indicated by specific volume or part of the record and by page number. None of the briefs provide volume numbers for their record citations. Moreover, in many instances the page citations given by the parties did not support the factual assertions in the briefs, and in other instances no record citations were provided at all. We take this opportunity yet again to “remind counsel that it is not the job of the Court of Appeals to cull the record on behalf of a party, and that a lack of proper citations greatly hinders our consideration of the issues on appeal.” Footnote omitted. Latimore v. City of Atlanta, 289 Ga. App. 85, 86 1 656 SE2d 222 2008. The lack of proper citations is especially egregious in a case such as this, with a 27-volume record involving complex business transactions.

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