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  • In the Matter of Susan Michele Brown.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-19
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa Elizabeth Lazzaroni, Lupo, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y1211

    Court rejects attorney's petition for voluntary discipline because her actions in her role as a trustee were outside of her legal practice and GRPC scope does not extend to her fiduciary actions.

  • Main Street Burger, Inc. v. Estate of David W. Collier et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-14
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beth Hilscher, (Beth Sebring Hilscher), Suwanee, Aaron Block, Max Marks, (The Block Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan Henderson, Tucker, Jon David Huffman, Timothy Andrews, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, for appellee; Fred Bentley, Jamie Wingler, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0531

    Court partially reverses lease termination rights, finding that trial court misinterpreted a lease provision, and affirms injunction that was intended to maintain the status quo in a property dispute

  • Murray et al. v. Lexington Park of Fulton County Community Association, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marvin Arrington, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Gardiner, (Dunlap Gardiner LLP), Douglasville, Wesley Dunlap, Evan Barnard, (Dunlap Gardiner LLP), Hiram, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0158

    Court affirms dismissal of homeowners' complaint against a homeowners' association because their lawsuit should have been filed as a derivative claim and not as direct claims by the homeowners

  • Sanchez Curtis et al. v. Roe

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Long, (Craig Long, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Neville, (Neville Law, LLC), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0297

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a seller in a failed real estate transaction but reverses attorney fees award for seller because underlying contract was void

  • Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia v. Drake

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Elizabeth Young, Bryan Webb, Russell Willard, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bowers, Lucas Boggs, (Johnson Marlowe LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0321

    Court vacates ruling affirming a UGA student's suspension and nullifying UGA Conduct Regulations, and remands matter with direction to reconsider student's self-defense claims

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  • Brown et al. v. Green Growth 2, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauncey Barnwell, (Chauncey Napoleon Brown Barnwell, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elsie Chisholm, Lucas Bradley, Gregroy Finch, (Bouhan Falligant LLP), Savannah, Chase Lyndale, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0270

    Court vacates and remands summary judgment order in quiet title action due to death of an adverse claimant party

  • Paces Funding, LLC v. Tillman, IV, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, Debbie Wilson, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Kushner, Jonathan Spratling, (Fellows Labriola LLP), Atlanta, David Michell, James Sherman, Garrett Land, (Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0431

    Court dismisses an appeal in a trade secret case because no final appealable order had been entered in the trial court

  • City of Atlanta v. MLK Properties, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Steinberg, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Tracey Hackett, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrea Pawlak, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0416

    Court affirms in part, reverses in part, and remands a dismissal of the City of Atlanta's motion to dismiss a lawsuit in a property demolition case over a defective ante litem notice and immunity

  • Vourvoulias et al. v. Cash

    Publication Date: 2024-08-05
    Practice Area: Damages | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Halsey Knapp, Christopher Adams, (Krevolin Horst, Inc.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Hodges, Cumming, for appellee; John Neville, (Neville Law, LLC), Cumming, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0285

    Court affirms denial of attorney fees in property dispute case where petitioner sought equitable relief but nor money damages, clarifying the application of OCGA § 9-11-68

  • High West, LLC v. Reese

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Groth, (Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex), Suwanee, Eric Jorgensen, (Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Long, (Burrow & Associates, LLC), Duluth, Bethany Lavigno, (Bethany Lavigno, PC), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0201

    Court reverses denial of landlord's summary judgment motion in a premises liability case and rules that landlord not liable as an out-of-possession landlord under OCGA § 44-7-14