• In The Interest of A. F. et al., Children.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Barnwell (Avrett Ponder & Withrock), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Penny Hannah (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson (Johnson Law PC), Cohutta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Kermit McManus, Matthew Thames (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0416

    Juvenile Court Failed to Make Particularized Assessment of Harm to Children

  • City of Dublin School District v. MMT Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Class Actions | Tax
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillip Hartley (Attorney at Law), Gainesville; Hieu Nguyen (Harben Hartley & Hawkins LLP), Gainesville; Charles Warnock (Warnock & Mackey LLC), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Powell (Oconee Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman; Jerry Lumley (Lumley & Harper LLC), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0506

    School District Immune From Taxpayers' Claim Seeking Refund of Ad Valorem Tax Increases

  • Partlow v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelley Dial (Public Defender Cherokee Judicial Circuit), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary Greene (District Attorney), Calhoun; Mark Boyd (Boyd & Marks LLC), Melbourne, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0436

    Defendant's Motion to Continue Trial to Retain New Counsel Properly Denied

  • Performance Food Group, Inc., v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Evidence | Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Martin (Hays Potter & Martin), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Willis Blacknall (Attorney at Law), Waycross, for appellee. David Conner, Robert Kutchey (The Conner Law Group P.C.), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0440

    Lender Bank's Claim For Excess Funds Following Tax Sale Lacked Supporting Business Records

  • Reeves v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Genevieve Holmes (Appellate Division - GPDC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson (District Attorney), Rome; Natalee Staats (Assistant District Attorney - Floyd County), Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0175

    Defendant's Conviction for Making False Statements and Obstruction Affirmed on Appeal

  • Dunwoody Plaza Partners, LLC et al. v. Markowitz

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine Mast (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta; Perry Phillips (Perry A. Phillips LLC), Marietta; Kevin Langley (Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Gober (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta; Rebecca Lunceford Kolb (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0709

    Triable Factual Issues Existed as to Whether Abusive Litigation Claim Was Groundless

  • Rivers v. Revington Glen Investments, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Turner (Turner & Lawrence PC), Jackson, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Humphries (Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0781

    Trial Court Erred in Finding Property Seller Breached Warranty By Leaving Debris on Property

  • McClure v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Coker (District Attorney), Thomaston; Kimberly Schwartz (Assistant District Attorney - Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Columbus; Elizabeth Kendrick (Griffin Circuit Superior Court), Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0324

    Defendant Could Not Assert Affirmative Defense After Refusing to Admit to Criminal Conduct

  • Neff v. McGee

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Internet Law
    Industry: Automotive | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jean-Alain Schneider, Alexandra Nelson, John McDonald (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta; Peter Coffman (Demetry DeCarlo LLC), Chamblee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Gower (Attorney at Law), Columbus; Shaun O'Hara (Charles A. Gower PC), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0720

    Law Firm Defendant in Anti-SLAPP Action Made Prima Facie Showing of Conditional Privilege

  • Patterson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dawn Belisle (Law Office of Dawn M. Belisle PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard (District Attorney), Atlanta; Francis Wakeford (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0758

    Defense Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Seek to Preclude or Limit Witness Testimony county