Filter This View

  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Robert M. Crawford.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-21
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Prescott Boring, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy E. Barnes, John Ross Bartholomew, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Virgil L. Brown, (Virgil L. Brown & Associates), Zebulon, James Gabriel Banks, (The Weathington Firm), Atlanta, Robert Charles Iverson McBurney, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Z1636

    Court dismisses action for judicial sanctions and declines to impose lifetime ban on former Judge who allegedly violated State Judicial Rules of Conduct

  • Myers v. Clayton County District Attorney's Office, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jobie Myers, Morrow, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Shapiro, Atlanta, Jack Hancock, Arash Sabzevari, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Forest Park, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1382

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Finding That Plaintiff Failed to Properly Serve Police Detective With Summons and Complaint

  • In the Matter of David Godley Rigdon.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Chong Joo Kim, Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21Y0002

    Considering Significant Mitigating Circumstances, Court Agrees to Lengthy Suspension, With Conditions, for Attorney Who Was Indicted for Drug-Related Offenses

  • In the Matter of Daniel Lee Dean.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Lee Dean, (The Dean Law Firm LLC), Dunwoody, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y1435

    Court Grants Petition for Voluntary Surrender of License of Attorney Who Is Undergoing Treatment for Terminal Cancer

  • In the Matter of Pamela Sturdivant Stephenson.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taurean Stephenson, Lithonia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Y0081

    Court Accepts Petition for Voluntary Surrender of License by Lawyer Who Was Suspended After Failing to Respond to State Bar's Notice of Investigation

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    New York Employment Law 2023

    Authors: Daniel A. Cohen, Joshua Feinstein

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • In the Matter of Timothy Walter Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-30
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lance Witherspoon Gowens, (The Gowens Law Firm, LLC), Cumming, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Laura Joan Murphree, (Cobb County Superior Court Administration), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y1503

    Court Rejects Attorney's Third Petition for Voluntary Discipline, Citing the Excessive Nature of the Attorney's Bar Violations

  • O'Brien v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Hendee, Daniel Porter, (Gwinnett District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1800

    Sex Offender Who Waited Until After Mandatory Registration Date To Register Was Guilty of Failing to Register

  • In the Matter of Leighton Reid Berry, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leighton Reid Berry, (Law Offices of Attorney Leighton R Berry Jr LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0607

    Personal Injury Attorney Should Be Disbarred for Failing to Inform Client of Settlement and Failing to Make Payment to Physical Therapy Provider on Client's Behalf

  • In the Matter of Dennis W. Hartley

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    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: Dennis W. Hartley, (Dennis W. Hartley PC), Colorado Springs, 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: S20Y1352

    Disbarment From Practice of Law in Georgia Is the Appropriate Sanction in Reciprocal Discipline Matter Arising From Disbarment From Practice of Law in Colorado

  • In the Matter of William Leslie Kirby III.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, James Charles Thornton, (Thornton & Graham PC), LaGrange, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y1261

    Proposed Four-Month Suspension Is Insufficient in Light of Lawyer's Pattern of Misconduct Committed in Connection With Multiple Client Matters