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  • In the Matter of Ryan Curtis Cleveland.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-02
    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, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Curtis Cleveland, Boston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0688

    Disbarment Appropriate Discipline Based on Attorney's History of Abandonment of Clients and Failure to Respond to Notices of Discipline

  • In the Matter of David Carleton Head.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-02
    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: David Carleton Head, Waco, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0635

    State Bar's Notice of Discipline Failed to Describe Several Instances of Prior Discipline Cited as Aggravating Factors

  • In the Matter of Susan Janette Lopez.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Janette Lopez, Marietta, 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: S23Y1047

    Court accepts attorney's petition for surrender of her law license after she pled guilty to a felony charge of aggravated stalking

  • In the Matter of Ramon David Sammons Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    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, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ramon David Sammons, Jr., Atlanta, for appellee; Charles David Jones, (Charles D. Jones Attorney at Law LLC), Griffin, Joshua Clark Bell, (Joshua C. Bell, LLC), Whigham, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0743

    Attorney Was Not in Default When Special Master Issued Default Order

  • In the Matter of Andrew Matteson.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-08
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Lang, (The Lang Legal Group 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: S23Y0585

    Attorney Provided Adequate Assurance He Would Not Commit Future Rules Violations After Completion of Proposed Suspension

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  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Christian Coomer.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-07
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Prescott Boring, (Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield), Atlanta, Courtney Mays Veal, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Marietta, Anna Green Cross, (Cross Kincaid LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis T. Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, Mark Daniel Lefkow, (Copeland, Stair, Valz & Lovell, LLP), Atlanta, Johannes S. Kingma, (Stites & Harbison, PLLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Charles Iverson McBurney, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Z0595

    Judge's Numerous Bad Faith Violations of Code of Judicial Conduct Warranted Removal From Office

  • Milliron v. Antonakakis

    Publication Date: 2023-08-31
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Public Records
    Industry: Education | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucas Andrews, (Poole Huffman LLC), Tucker, Anna Cross, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Theodore Randles, Mark Schamel, (Venable LLP), Washington, Ana Jara, Christopher Schafbuch, (Lowenstein Sandler LLP), Washington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1163

    Open Records Request Not Properly Submitted For Failure to Direct Request to Designated Open Records Officer

  • In the Matter of Keith Chance Hardy.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-22
    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, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Chance Hardy, Columbus, for appellee; Delia T. Crouch, (Law Office of Delia T. Crouch), Newnan, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0869

    Disbarment Appropriate For Attorney Who Abandoned Clients, Converted Client Property, and Demonstrated Lack of Competence

  • In the Matter of Richard H. Middleton, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard H. Middleton, Jr. (Middleton LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0922

    Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriate Discipline Following Misuse of Client Funds in Single-Client Matter

  • Green et al. v. Pinnix et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Lindsey Costakos, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, for appellee; Georgia Hospital Association, Inc. et al., Atlanta, Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A0547

    Court reverses an order finding that a defendant had violated HIPAA, concluding that the transmission of medical records to a treating doctor was not a HIPAA violation