• In the Matter of Marta Maria Noriega-Allen

    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: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marta Maria Noriega-Allen, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20Y0421

    Disbarment Warranted For Attorney Who Never Responded to Grievance Alleging Abandonment of Client and Failure to Return Unearned Fees

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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  • Little v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Dunn, Victor Aloisio, (Office of the Public Defender, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, Kevin Baugh, Lynsay Chapman, (Walker County District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1758

    Court reverses defendant's controlled substance convictions because evidence was the product of an illegal entry into a residence

  • In the Matter of Melvin T. Johnson.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    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: Melvin T. Johnson, (The Action Johnson Law Firm), Lithonia, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S20Y0257

    Court verifies disbarment of attorney found to have committed multiple instances of misconduct

  • In the Matter of David Godley Rigdon.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    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: 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: S20Y0434

    Attorney's Failure to Provide Factual Detail as to Felony Offenses Precluded Granting Petition for Voluntary Discipline

  • In the Matter of Richard M. Colbert.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-28
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Colbert, (Richard M Colbert PLLC), Gulf Breeze, Richard Michael Colbert, Montgomery, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19Y1650

    Voluntary Surrender of Attorney's License Appropriate Disposition Following Guilty Plea to 13 Felony Counts

  • In the Matter of Sandra M. Fuller.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heidi Manroe Faenza, (Supreme Court of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sandra M. Fuller, Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19Z1567

    Former Attorney Established Fitness to Practice Law After Having Previously Been Convicted For Felony Theft Offenses