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  • In the Matter of Barry Wayne Rorex

    Publication Date: 2020-05-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adrienne Denise NASH, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry Wayne Rorex, Tucson, Barry Wayne Rorex, Sonita, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Anthony B. Askew, (Chair, Review Panel), Atlanta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y0814

    Six-Month Suspension of License Appropriate Sanction For Conduct Warranting Similar Discipline in Another State

  • Torres v. City of Jonesboro

    Publication Date: 2020-05-21
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Evidence | Real Estate
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grant McBride, William White, Warren Tillery, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Winston Denmark, Leonid Felgin, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, John O'Neal, Valorri Jones, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0731

    Waived Hearsay Evidence Was Admissible to Prove Amount of Attorney Fees Incurred in Defending Condemnation Action

  • Samnick v. Goodman

    Publication Date: 2020-05-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Miles Rich, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Waggoner, (Waggoner Hastings, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0562

    Trial Court Did Not Abuse its Discretion in Finding That Attorney's Prior Representation of Wife in Divorce Proceedings Disqualified Him From Representing Husband

  • In The Matter of Matthew A. Dickason

    Publication Date: 2020-05-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Justin Pearce, (Stovash, Case & Tingley P.A.), Orlando, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Y1450

    Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Admitted to Numerous Failures to Account For Fiduciary Funds

  • SRM Group, Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America

    Publication Date: 2020-05-14
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Frederick Schoenthaler, Neill Kinnett Wright, Ann Reinig Emery, (Schoenthaler Law Group), Atlanta, Josephine Elizabeth Graddy, (Graddy Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William E. Turnipseed, David M. Gram, (Savell & Williams), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19G0473

    Counterclaimant Asserting Independent Counterclaim May Also Seek Attorney Fees and Expenses

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    Massachusetts Legal Ethics & Malpractice 2017

    Authors: James S. Bolan, Sara N. Holden

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  • In Re Adams et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard Brody, (Brody Law Firm), Atlanta, Lawrence Zimmerman, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Gammage, (Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta, Kenneth Kondritzer, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1723

    Court reverses finding of direct criminal contempt against two attorneys because their due process rights had been violated

  • In the Matter of Marc Celello

    Publication Date: 2020-05-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas A. Lotito, (Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0679

    Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Convicted of Securities Fraud Offense

  • Doe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Miller, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Erin Donohue-Koehler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Lisa Moultrie, (Assistant Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2378

    Acquitted Defendant Failed to Show He Suffered Harm From County's Continuing Failure to Seal His Arrest Records

  • In the Matter of Julianne Wesley Holliday.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julianne Wesley Holliday, (Chattahoochee Circuit Public Defenders Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0065

    Court agrees that disbarment is an appropriate sanction for three disciplinary proceedings brought against an attorney

  • Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP et al. v. Moody et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-27
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Alan Rogers, (NCR Corp.), Atlanta, Johannes S. Kingma, John Colquitt Rogers, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Vincent Chandler, Shaun P. Rooney, (Chandler Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Matthew D. Friedlander, Caroline Johnson Tanner, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1436

    Plaintiff in legal malpractice case waives attorney-client privilege with respect to communications with other lawyers that worked on the same matter.