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  • In re: Formal Advisory Opinion No. 22-1.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-17
    Practice Area: Legal Operations
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, John Joseph Shiptenko, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24U0609

    Court approves advisory opinion enabling remote work by non-Georgia lawyers under specific defined conditions

  • In the Matter of Emily C. Williams.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily C. Williams, Jacksonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Y0919

    Court accepts attorney's petition for 91-day suspension as voluntary reciprocal discipline following disciplinary proceedings against her in another state

  • In the Matter of Diana Y. McDonald.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S23Y1195

    Court dismisses attorney's petition to retire from legal practice and instead orders disbarment due to multiple ethical violations involving misuse of client funds

  • Tatum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Jay McArthur, (McArthur & McArthur, P.A.), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Parks White, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, Michael Martin Coveney, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Danielsville, Jeffrey Lee, (Office of the Elbert County District Attorney), Elberton for appellee; Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Virginia Natasha Perdew Silas, (Federal Defender Program Inc.), Decatur, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Smyrna, Mazie Lynn Guertin, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Cory H. Isaacson, (Aclu Foundation of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0955

    Court vacates denial of motion to suppress evidence and remands for determination of whether the independent source doctrine applies in a case involving a warrantless search

  • In the Matter of Ephraim L. Michael.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Y0549

    Court issues public reprimand for attorney's professional conduct violations relating to delegation of responsibilities to a non-lawyer assistant in a personal injury case

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  • Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Lazarus & Adele, LLP v. Barken et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Skyler McDonald, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Tampa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Rogers, William D’Antignac, Gilbert Deitch, Kara Phillips, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, John Hadden, (Penn Law, LLC), Atlanta, G Spears, (Spears & Filipovits, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Ware, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, Russell Britt, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Michael Wynter, (City of Atlanta- Department of Law), Atlanta, for other party; Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0159

    Court reverses sanctions against law firm, where sanctions had been awarded on account of law firm's failure to timely disclose conflict of interest

  • Anderson v. Kaye et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-19
    Practice Area: Contracts | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario Breedlove, (The Breedlove Law Firm), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Kaye, (Manchel, Wiggins & Kaye, LLP), Atlanta, Blue Spruell, (The Outlaw Firm LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0056

    Court vacates and remands case involving attorney fees due to statute of limitations issue

  • In the Matter of James W. Davis, III.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    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, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James W. Davis, Villa Rica, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0622

    Court orders disbarment of an attorney who fraudulently intercepted and misappropriated a multi-million dollar insurance payment meant for a client

  • In the Matter of Paul Jason York.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-15
    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, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis T. Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, for appellee; Michael J Blakely, Jr., (The Blakely Firm), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: S24Y0285

    Court rejects attorney's petition for voluntary three-year suspension of his license with pending reinstatement amid unresolved felony charges relating to forgery

  • In the Matter of Joel David Myers.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Charles Wilson, John Allen Earles, (Georgia Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, Russell David Willard, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Lester Tate, III, (Akin & Tate, PC), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Z0598

    Court grants disbarred attorney's application for readmission following rehabilitation