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  • Naffis v. Tzavaras

    Publication Date: 2021-03-25
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander Levorse, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cary Ichter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, William Davis, (Ichter Davis, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1970

    Court reverses summary judgment order in a promissory note claim because issues of fact precluded a conclusion that the consideration for the note was illegal

  • Houston et al. v. James

    Publication Date: 2021-03-25
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Liberman, (Julie A. Liberman, LLC), Decatur, James Tramel, Elaine Nietmann, (Attorney at Law), Lilburn, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Cummings, (Michael H. Cummings II, LLC), Clayton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1689

    Court reverses summary judgment order, finding that questions of fact existed as to whether a son had prescriptive title to a deceased father's property

  • Bell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alisha Johnson, Alicia Gant, (Rockdale County District Attorney's Office), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1761

    Court affirms convictions for voluntary manslaughter over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance, indictment error, and jury instruction error

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Geary, Kelsey Wiley, (The Geary Law Firm, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Daniel Porter, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Samuel d'Entremont, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1842

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and aggravated assault over defendant's contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Woodstone Townhouses, LLC v. Southern Fiber Worx, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-25
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kermit Dorough, (Kermit S. Dorough, Jr., LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Dean, (Lawson & Reid), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1857

    Court variously affirms and denies multiple summary judgment orders in a dispute over property rights, easements, and trespass by contractor at an apartment complex

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  • Childers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cory DeBord, (Roach, Caudill & Frost, LLP), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristen Roch, Carlton Hayes, David McElyea, Gabrielle Molinary, (Cherokee County Solicitor General Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1626

    Court affirms conviction for selling a vapor product to minors over defendant's challenge to certain evidence and contentions of insufficient evidence

  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Emily Puhala, (District Attorney), Savannah, Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1601

    Court affirms convictions for theft by taking, felony fleeing, and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and sentencing error.

  • Bennett v. McClam

    Publication Date: 2021-03-23
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Quinton Washington, Celeste Brewer, (Bell & Washington LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Letobra McClam, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0134

    No Necessity to Consider Parties' Financial Circumstances For Purposes of Determining Attorney Fees in Custody Case

  • Corevest American Finance Lender LLC v. Stewart Title Guaranty Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A20A1785

    Court reverses an order for judgment on the pleadings because lender sufficiently alleged facts regarding potential fraud in a real estate transaction

  • Kerr v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Kerr, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Wilson, Cornelia, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1668

    Court vacates an award that domesticated an out-of-state divorce decree but affirms a second award for contempt for failure to pay child support