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  • In the Matter of Chandra McNeil Norton.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-16
    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, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randy Scott Chartash, (Chartash Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles David Jones, (Taylor Tucker & Jones LLC), Peachtree City for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0306

    Court orders disbarment as a sanction against a lawyer who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and who failed to report conviction for more than a year

  • In the Matter of Debra Kaye Scott.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kaye Scott, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0508

    Court suspends attorney from practice of law due to her failure to appear for a public reprimand that was agreed upon as an appropriate sanction for her violations of Bar Rules

  • In the Matter of Tamorra A. Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ecleynne Mercy, (The Foster Firm), Atlanta, for appellee; LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0940

    Remand to Special Master For Hearing on State Bar's Motion For Default Was Appropriate

  • Barnwell v. Trivedi

    Publication Date: 2022-12-14
    Practice Area: Legal Practice Management
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauncey Barnwell, (Chauncey Napoleon Brown Barnwell, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay Eidex, (Attorney at Law), Suwanee, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1466

    Court affirms the dismissal of a lawyer's defamation lawsuit against another lawyer, where that dismissal was based on the Georgia anti-SLAPP statute

  • Rayfield v. Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, P.C

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal Callahan, Clarence Mullin, David Rayfield, (Waldrep, Mullin and Callahan, LLC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Neal Pope, Kimberly Johnson, (Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0955

    Court reverses denial of a motion to transfer venue in a compensation dispute between a lawyer and his former firm

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  • In the Matter of William D. Thompson, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-18
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William deForest Thompson, Jr., (William Deforest Thompson Jr. PA), Vienna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y1198

    Court approves attorney's petition for retroactive one-year suspension of his Georgia license, which parallels his discipline in an underlying Florida disciplinary matter

  • In the Matter of Franklin David McCrea.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    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, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin David McCrea, (Law Office of David McCrea), Alma, for appellee; Jack J. Helms, Jr., (The Helms Law Firm, P.C.), Homerville, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y1157

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Abandoned Client and Failed to Participate in Disciplinary Proceedings

  • In the Matter of Trent Lee Coggins.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard F. Waddington, Douglas Vincent Chandler (Chandler Law LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee; Jack J. Helms, Jr., (The Helms Law Firm, P.C.), Homerville, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y1159

    Six-Month Nunc Pro Tunc Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Trust Account Violations By Attorney Who Had Ceased Practice

  • In the Matter of Edward Hine, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Hine, Jr., Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0100

    Voluntary Surrender License Was Appropriate Discipline Following Attorney's Wrongful Withdrawal of Trust and Estate Funds

  • In the Matter of Karen Lynn Pass.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-28
    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, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn S. Whitlock, (Wood Smith Henning & Berman, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Patrick H. Head, Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y1156

    Attorney's Failure to Provide Proper Oversight of Employee Who Had Access to Trust Account Warranted Public Reprimand