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  • In The Matter Of Laxavier P. Reddick-Hood.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-22
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S18Y1038

    The Supreme Court reinstated an attorney to the practice of law after she fully complied with the conditions for reinstatement the Court had imposed along with her 3-year suspension.

  • In The Matter Of Gregory Reece Barton.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    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: Gregory Reece Barton (Gregory R. Barton P.C.), Douglasville, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Adam Marshall Hames (The Hames Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0601

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney in connection with two clients' matters, in which the attorney failed to properly communicate and failed to appear at hearings.

  • Moody et al. v. Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline | Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bret Moore, Douglas Chandler (Chandler & Moore Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Rogers, Johannes Kingma (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Gregory Digel, Matthew Friedlander (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1011

    The trial court erred in denying plaintiffs' motion for protective order in their legal malpractice action in which defendants requested production of a non-party attorney's litigation files and correspondences with plaintiff, as there was no evidence of an implied waiver of the attorney-client privilege with regard to the third-party attorney.

  • In The Matter Of John Benneth Iwu.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Benneth Iwu (Continental Legal Group PC), for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Andrew Charles Hall (Hall Hirsh Hughes LLC), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0694

    Three-Year Suspension Appropriate Sanction for Attorney Who Made False Statements to Bar During Disciplinary Proceedings

  • In the Matter of Miguel Angel Garcia, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Jacob Cobb, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Miguel Angel Garcia Jr. (Miguel A Garcia Jr Attorney at Law LLC), Macon, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0158

    Disbarment Was Appropriate For Attorney Who Violated Numerous Rules of Conduct and Failed to Respond to Disciplinary Notices

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  • In The Matter Of Walter Linton Moore.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-17
    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 (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Linton Moore, Griffin; Walter Linton Moore, Hampton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0559

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney in connection with his abandonment of six different clients in domestic relations proceedings.

  • In The Matter Of Christopher Aaron Corley.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-13
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Ryd Bush Long (John R. B. Long P.C.), Augusta; John B. Long (Tucker Long P.C.), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Jenny K. Mittelman, Alison Leigh Burgess (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0350

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and suspended him from the practice of law following his guilty plea to Domestic Violence First Degree in South Carolina.

  • In The Matter Of Andre Keith Sanders.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-12
    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 (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andre Keith Sanders (Sanders Law PA), Saint Petersburg; Andre Keith Sanders, Saint Petersburg, for appellee. Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta; Anthony B. Askew, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0383

    The Supreme Court imposed a 5-year suspension with conditions for reinstatement on an attorney as reciprocal discipline following disciplinary action in Florida.

  • In The Matter Of Sam Louis Levine.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Jacob Cobb, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sam Louis Levine (Law Offices of Sam Levine LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta; Anthony B. Askew, Atlanta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Patrick H. Head, Marietta; for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0348

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney for his neglect of matters involving two clients and his misconduct arising out of his contentious divorce proceeding.

  • Tanner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teddy Lee Henley (Rome Circuit Public Defender's Office), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague (Department of Law), Atlanta; Herbert McIntosh Poston Jr. (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1417

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for malice murder and other crimes and he failed to show any actual conflict of interest that adversely affected his lawyers performance in support of his argument that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to conflict-free counsel at trial.