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  • In re Victor Ogbuehi

    Publication Date: 2024-12-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Yancey, (James A. Yancey, Jr,. Attorney At Law, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A1052

    Court affirms contempt order and penalty against an attorney, including a jail sentence and fine, due to courtroom tardiness without giving notice to the trial court

  • In the Matter of Curtis Lee Allen

    Publication Date: 2024-11-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis Lee Allen, (Bush Ross PA), Tampa, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S25Y0025

    Court accepts attorney's amended petition for reciprocal discipline and imposes a ten-day suspension after attorney was found to have violated Florida Rules of Practice

  • RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.), Inc. v. Lattimore

    Publication Date: 2024-11-26
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith J. Barnett, Sarah Tope Reise, Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, David Erich Nahmias, Alisha Goel, (Jones Day), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew C. Evans, (Evans Law LLC), Atlanta, Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, for appellee; Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Zachary Mullinax, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for other party; Edward Albert Bedard, Jason Alloy, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S24A0789

    Court reverses garnishment judgment against investment advisor due to lack of personal jurisdiction resulting from use of the wrong garnishment form and improper service

  • In the Matter of John Weimann Oxendine.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Lester Tate, III, (Akin & Tate, PC), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Andreea N. Morrison, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S25Y0045

    Court accepts attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his law license following his felony conviction for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, effectively disbarring him

  • Steel v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Legal Operations
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Alexander "Alex" Susor, (The Law Offices of Alex Susor, P.C.), Decatur, Colette Resnik Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Lynsey M Barron, (Barron Law LLC), Atlanta, Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Clint Christopher Malcolm, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee; Ural D.L. Glanville, (Fulton County Superior Court), Atlanta, for other party; Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Smyrna, Mazie Lynn Guertin, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Greg Allen Willis, Jessica Jones, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb P.C.), Atlanta, Edward Donald Tolley, (Cook & Tolley LLP), Athens, Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S24A1245

    Court reverses contempt finding against attorney for failure to disclose source of information, citing due process violations and finding that the trial court judge should have recused himself

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  • Titshaw et al. v. Geer et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Ryan Peacock, (Hotchkiss Hoffecker Peacock, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Barclay Brown, Austin Atkinson, Sarah Meghan Pittman, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Christine Lupo Mast, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Linley Jones, Angela Marie Forstie, (Linley Jones, PC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G1124

    Court clarifies application of statute of limitations for breach-of-contract claims in a legal malpractice dispute

  • In the Matter of William Slater Vincent.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-13
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, 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: S23Y0879

    Court issues a public reprimand to an attorney who admitted violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct with respect to use and administration of his attorney trust account

  • In the Matter of John L.G. Herbert, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-31
    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, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John L. G. Herbert, Jr., (Herbert Legal Group, LLC), Roswell, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S24Y0682

    Attorney disbarred for misconduct involving overseas investors and trust account violations

  • Turney v. Turney

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Turney, Murrayville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aron Turney, Dawsonville, for appellee; M. Young, (Attorney t Law), Gainesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0932

    Court vacates child support and attorney fees awards in child custody case due to incorrect child support calculations and lack of notice of attorney fee award

  • The West Firm, P. C. v. Central United Methodist Church of Atlanta, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven West, (Days & West, P. C.), Atlanta, Lisa West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Freeman, Chelsea Freeman Dease, (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0750

    Court partially reverses summary judgment in a contract payment dispute due to issues of material fact as to date or tendered payment, but affirms judgment on interference and conspiracy