Filter This View

  • Georgia Pub. Defender Standards Council v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Judson H. Turner Turner, Bachman & Garrett LLC, Griffin, Mark D. Johnson and Taylor H. Haley Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and John B. Long Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, Augusta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Emmet J. Bondurant and Michael A. Caplan Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S09A0379

    Both the statutory language of the Georgia Indigent Defense Act of 2003, OCGA § § 17-12-1 et seq., and its underlying policy compelled the conclusion that, in this case, the Georgia Public Defender

  • Stone v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. McCarthy, Public Defender, and Benjamin D. Goldberg, Assistant Pub. Defender, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Benjamin B. Kenemer, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A08A1587

    The defendant's right to counsel attached at his initial appearance, when he appeared with a public defender before a magis

  • Nesbit v. Nesbit

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fred R. Slotkin Jr. Slotkin Law Firm PC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam S. Jaffe Adam S. Jaffe & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Ann J. Herrera Russell & Herrera PC, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2242

    The mere fact that the defendants made their original request for fees in the form of a counterclaim did not bar them from orally moving for a fee award after they prevailed at

  • Stone v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. McCarthy, Public Defender, and Benjamin D. Goldberg, Assistant Pub. Defender, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Benjamin B. Kenemer, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1587

    The defendant's right to counsel attached at his initial appearance, when he appeared with a public defender before a magis

  • Nash v. Studdard

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A08A1273; A08A1274

    The trial court erred in denying the former attorney's motion to dismiss any breach of contract claims involving the exercise of his professional judgment and skill, since the client did not at

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    Texas Criminal Codes & Rules Annotated 2025

    Authors: Don Tittle and Debbie Branscum

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Olarsch v. Newell

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A08A1278

    Fowler Props. v. Dowland, 282 Ga. 76 2007, ruled that retroactive application of an attorneys' fee and costs award pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-11-68 during the time frame at issue here was un

  • Levenson v. Word

    Publication Date: 2008-10-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A08A1731

    The defendants' receipt of funds from the decedent's estate for representing his wife in her murder case did not constitute conversion, since she was not convicted of the decedent's murd

  • Savu v. SunTrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A08A1109

    The defendant bank did not put itself and an estate attorney into a conflict-of-interest position, which allowed them to charge excessive fees, by obligating itself to select that attorney as payoff

  • Vaughters v. Outlaw

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A08A1829

    An award of attorneys' fees under O.C.G.A. § 13-1-11 a was inapplicable to the plaintiff's suit to collect on an unpaid bill for her legal representation of the defendant, since the p

  • Sawhill v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A08A0773

    The defendant, who is not a licensed attorney, held himself out to a probat and his probation officer as being entitled to practice law and by furnishing legal services and advice to the probat