• Vantage Cancer Centers of Georgia, LLC et al. v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Charles L. Gregory, John Warner Ray, (Ray & Gregory, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Christopher M. Carr, Charles K. Thimmesch, Jeffrey William Stump, Andrew Bain McClintock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Michael Rozier, Dorothy Hubbard Cornwell, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., Allen Andre Hendrick, Talis Colgan Trevino, Laurie Wells Trompeter, (Holland & Knight LLP), Nashville, for appellee; Armando Luis Basarrate, II, David Boone Darden, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S23G0405

    Court clarifies standard of review that Community Health Commissions must apply in evaluating hearing officer's factual findings in an application for a health care Certificate of Need

  • In the Matter of Cheryl Joyce Braziel.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl Joyce Braziel, (C Braziel Law Firm), Cameron, Cheryl Joyce Braziel, Cameron, for appellee; Daniel S. Reinhardt, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S24Y0267

    Court agrees with a Special Master's recommendations and suspends attorney for two years as a sanction for violating Practice Rules in a personal injury lawsuit and settlement

  • In the Matter of Deirdre Maria Stephens.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David S. Lipscomb, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Patrick E. Longan, (Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University), Macon, John Ryd Bush Long, (John R. B. Long, P.C.), Augusta, for other party.

    Case Number: S24Y0049

    Court rejects Review Board's recommendation of suspension and instead agrees with a Special Master's assessment, resulting in disbarring of an attorney for severe misconduct

  • Lopez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Michael Wolfe, Elizabeth Overcamp Evans, Clayton McLean Fuller, (lookout mountain judicial Circuit district attorney’s office), Ringgold, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A1165

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Reyes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerome Lee, Stephen Elijah Brown-Bennett, (Taylor Lee & Associates, LLC), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Clint Christopher Malcolm, (Department of Law), Atlanta, C. Rebecca Fogal, George R. Christian, (Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Clarkesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A1135

    Court affirms the constitutionality of considering a defendant's immigration status in sentencing in a case involving charges of vehicular homicide by an undocumented immigrant

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  • Premier Pediatric Providers, LLC v. Kenne-Saw Pediatrics, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Mark David Boyer, II, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Bennie Davis Butler, Jr., (Butler Mersereau LLP), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harold David Melton, Michael Gregory Foo, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, David Gregory Michell, James Marx Sherman, (Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23G0263

    Court vacates dismissal of an appeal that was granted on procedural grounds over delayed filing of a trial transcript and clarifies appellate review standards in transcript delay appeal dismissals

  • Blash v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender Council), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ronald Edwards Daniels, (Daniels Law LLC), Eastman, Kelli Maria Adams, Timothy Grady Vaughn, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for other party.

    Case Number: S23A1096

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and corrects sentencing error in response to defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Floyd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), St. Atlanta, Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Bailey Rachel Simkoff, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A1042

    Court reverses conviction for felony murder due to ineffective assistance of defendant's trial counsel relating to a jury instruction on self-defense and felon-in-possession of a firearm

  • Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S23A0840

    Court affirms conviction entered on a defendant's voluntary guilty plea and overrules its previous strict application that required a trial court to include application of Boykin rights on the record

  • In the Matter of Timothy Orman McCalep.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S23Y0919

    Court disbars attorney for systemic client abandonment and multiple ethics violations