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  • In the Matter of W. McCall Calhoun, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Clarence Evans, Jr., (Evans & Rhodes, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee; LaRae Dixon Moore, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y1160

    Court suspends attorney law license pending appeal of his felony and misdemeanor convictions related to his participation in the siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021

  • In the Matter of Cory Howerton Fleming.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Pendarvis, (Pendarvis Law Offices PC), Beaufort, 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: S23Y0970

    Court accepts attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his law license in a disciplinary matter relating to representation of a client in a wrongful death action against Alexander Murdaugh

  • Bray et al. v. Watkins

    Publication Date: 2023-12-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Wayne Hendrix, Michael A. Sullivan, (Finch McCranie, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terry Eugene Williams, Jason Christopher Waymire, (Williams Morris & Waymire), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G0836

    Court grants petition for a writ of certiorari, noting that sovereign immunity is a jurisdictional issue that must be resolved before a court addresses the merits of a case.

  • In the Matter of Tamorra A. Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    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: Ecleynne Mercy, (The Foster Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.; LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for Other Party
    Case Number: S22Y0940

    ourt accepts attorney's petition for public reprimand in response to disciplinary matter over her violations of Practice Rules 1.4, 1.5(b), and 7.1

  • In the Matter of Walter Douglas Adams.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    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: Walter Douglas Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee; Jack J. Helms, Jr., (The Helms Law Firm, P.C.), Homerville, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0437

    Attorney's Rules Violation in Connection With Fee Dispute Warranted One-Year Suspension

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  • In the Matter of Marsha Williams Mignott.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-21
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marsha Williams Mignott, (The Mignott Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellee; Joshua Clark Bell, (Joshua C. Bell, LLC), Whigham, Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Chong J Kim, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0974

    Court dismisses disciplinary action against attorney who used and disclosed information from a prospective client because no attorney-client relationship had existed such that the use was improper

  • 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

  • Gallegos-Munoz v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, or appellant,
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Ryan Fisher, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0713

    Court states that a defendant must first establish with reasonable probability that a prior sexual abuse allegation was false before that evidence will be admitted

  • Marshall v. Lundy

    Publication Date: 2023-10-11
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gordon L. Joyner, (The Law Offices of Gordon Joyner), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen N. Hollomon, (Attorney at Law), Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1067

    Court affirms superior court decision that a mayoral candidate was validly elected as mayor of Fort Valley