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  • McDonald & Cody v. State Of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2022-07-22
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Douglas McDonald, Samuel Sliger, (McDonald & Cody LLC), Cornelia, Jackson McDonald, (McDonald & Cody LLC), Alto, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marianne Gelakoska, (District Attorney’s Office - Appalacian Judicial Circuit), Ellijay, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0531

    Attorneys' Lien in Forfeiture Case Was Perfected After Attorneys Obtained Final Judgment For Return of Property to Clients

  • Birch Property Partners, LLC et al. v. Simpson

    Publication Date: 2022-07-08
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Contractual Disputes | Damages
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell Bryant, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Lawrence Washburn, (Law Offices of Lawrence L. Washburn III, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Andrew, (Andrew, Merritt, Reilly & Smith), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0063

    Construction Defects Damages Award Was Not Excessive And Was Supported by Evidence

  • Smith et al. v. Millsap et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-29
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Halsey Knapp, (Krevolin Horst, Inc.), Atlanta, Kathryn Whitlock, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Stephen Rothring, Charles Foster, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Tate, Robert Thomas, Tyler Dillard, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee; Jason Beach, Eric Taylor, Laura Wagner, (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Kalb, (Barnes & Thornburg, LLP), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0429

    Trial Court Order Cancelling Attorney's Lien Prior to Final Judgment Was Not Immediately Appealable

  • Ellis v. Oles et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-09
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tatyana Ellis, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Hoffmeyer, William Newcomb, (Stites & Harbison PLLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0440

    Any Error in Excluding Expert's Affidavit in Support of Summary Judgment Motion Was Harmless

  • Glass et al. v. Faircloth et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-06
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Letitia McDonald, Lohr Beck-Kemp, Peter Diaz, (King & Spalding), Atlanta, Robert Reeves, Thomas Tate, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Jacobs, William Banks, Christopher Carr, (Deputy Attorney General), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, Ann Ferebee, Jennifer Odom, (Bryan Cave LLP), Atlanta, James Manley, Jill Kuhn, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Whitney Groff, (Georgia Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, William Withrow, Kathleen Campbell, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Nicholas Bedo, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1737

    Order Directing Trust to Pay Trustee's Legal Fees Was Directly Appealable as Mandatory Interlocutory Injunction

  • The Cotto Law Group, LLC v. Benevidez

    Publication Date: 2022-03-29
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Damages | Law Firm Associates
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Hines, (Law Office of Matthew C. Hines, LLC), Austell, A. Thomas Stubbs, (Law Office of A. Thomas Stubbs, LLC), Decatur, L. Vreeland, (Law Offices of Matthew C. Hines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Little, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Caitlin Lentz, (Hami Little PC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1601

    Prevailing Plaintiff Was Entitled to Attorney Fees Award Following Default Judgment on Complaint That Sought Fees and Expenses

  • Junior v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben C. Brodhead, III, Ashley Brooke Fournet, John Wesley Ingram Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Brian Terry, Michael Brandon Jones, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Joseph Robb Cruser, Raymond Russell Grant, II, (Cruser & Mitchell, LLP), Norcross, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21G0578

    Post-Trial Attorney Fee Award For Litigation Expenses Did Not Preclude Separate Award For Failure to Accept Settlement Offer

  • Bainbridge Ltd., L.P. v. Dekalb County Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2022-03-11
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thompson Kurrie, Edward Preston, Kayla Barnes, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bennett Bryan, Matthew Welch, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, Clark Candler, (Hall County District Attorneys Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1808

    Tax Valuation of Apartment Complex Failed to Account For Impact of Restrictive Covenants and Higher Operating Costs

  • Southern Piedmont Law, PC v. Pierre

    Publication Date: 2022-02-23
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Smith, (Attorney at Law), Winter Garden, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jionel Pierre, Peachtree City, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1795

    Trial Court Lacked Authority to Allow Party to Pay Judgment for Attorney Fees and Costs Over Two-Year Period

  • Viente v. Maiden

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Desautel, (Meriwether & Tharp, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1774

    Family Law Court's Attorney Fees Award Lacked Necessary Factual Findings and Conclusions of Law