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  • Phillips v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2018-10-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Sanders, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melinda Phillips, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1193

    Court Reverses Trial Court Order to Divide Military Retirement Benefits Between Divorcees

  • In The Interest of R. B. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn Altman (Altman Law Firm), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Gretchen Howard (Jahn & Associates), Atlanta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Talia Nurse, Robert Kunz (Attorney at Law), Douglasville; Deidre Ricks (The Ricks Law Firm LLC), Douglasville, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0263

    Juvenile Court Erred in Removing Children From Parental Custody Without Following Guidelines, Making Findings, or Holding Hearing

  • Campaign for Accountability v. Consumer Credit Research Foundation

    Publication Date: 2018-07-12
    Practice Area: Government | Public Records
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry R. Chalmers, Megan Poitevint Mitchell (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Nathan L. Garroway, Mark Adam Silver (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Jennifer Colangelo, Christopher M. Carr, Russell David Willard, Annette M. Cowart (Department of Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S17G1676

    The Court of Appeals erred in ruling that all records that are exempted from the Open Records Act's general disclosure requirement under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 (a) are prohibited from disclosure to the public.

  • Carr v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Lee Connell (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Ringgold; David James Dunn Jr. (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr. (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette; Clayton McLean Fuller (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for appellee. Christopher M. Carr, Sarah Hawkins Warren, Ross Warren Bergethon, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith (Department of Law), Atlanta, for amicus appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0100

    The trial court erred in holding that O.C.G.A. § 17-7-130 (c) is constitutional and violated defendant's right to due process when it ordered that he be detained for inpatient evaluation solely because he had been charged with committing violent crimes and found mentally incompetent to stand trial.

  • Gold et al. v. Dekalb County School District et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy Barnes, John Salter (The Barnes Law Group LLC), Marietta; Jason Carter, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Bryan, Allegra Lawrence, Lisa Haldar (Lawrence & Bundy LLC), Atlanta; Thomas Bundy (Lawrence & Bundy LLC), Fulton, for appellee. Donald English (Southern States PBA Inc.), Brookhaven; Juliel Oinonen, Atlanta; Julie Oinonen (Williams Oinonen LLC), Atlanta; Matthew Pence (Professional Association of Georgia Educators) Atlanta; Gwin Hall (The Georgia Municipal Association Inc), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A18A0526

    The trial court erred in granting school district's motion for summary judgment in school employees' suit for, inter alia, breaching an agreement to provide two years' advance notice prior to suspending contributions to their Georgia Tax Shelter Annuity Plan accounts.

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  • In The Interest Of R. S. T., a child.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Jeffrey (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Penny Hannah (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant. William Collins (Smith, Collins & Fletcher, P.A.), Atlanta; Nigel Davis (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Karen Pulliam (Guardian Ad Litem), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A17A1595

    Termination of Parental Rights Not Supported By Clear and Convincing Evidence of Harm to Child

  • The State v. Aduka

    Publication Date: 2018-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Anna Green Cross (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Akintunde A. Akinyele (Akinyele Law Firm LLC), Decatur; Akinwunmi Doherty (The Doherty Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1717

    The Court reversed the grant of appellee's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding that the trial court erred in ruling that plea counsel was deficient in advising his noncitizen client that he could be deported, rather than informing him that he would be deported if he entered the plea in question, because the law was not succinct and straightforward at the time.

  • Calloway v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Elaine Hildebrand (Hildebrand Law Office, PC.), LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague (Department of Law), Atlanta; Herbert E. Franklin, Jr. (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A2019

    Federal Conviction for Attempt to Manufacture Meth Barred Subsequent Prosecution of State Law Felony Murder Predicated on Meth Crime

  • Avery et al. v. Paulding County Airport Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Transportation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles McKnight, Alison Ballard (Taylor English Duma, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Baker (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta; J. Davis, Lee Carter (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0849

    The Court partially reversed the dismissal of three related declaratory judgment actions arising out of the efforts of a county and a county airport authority to apply for a commercial Airport Operating Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.

  • Fulton County, Georgia v. Soco Contracting Company, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-04
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Freeman, Cathy Nash, Bethany White (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City; Cheryl Ringer (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta; Denval Stewart (Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Roberts (Roberts Construction Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Larry Ramsey (ACCG), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A1001

    The Court of Appeals vacated the denial of County's motion for summary judgment in construction company's suit arising out of a contract for the construction of a cultural center and remanded the case for further consideration because it did not appear that the trial court considered whether the parties strictly complied with the procedure for modifying the contract.