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  • Shelton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Michael Moeller, (LMJC District Attorney's Office), Summerville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0358

    Court Affirms in Part and Vacates in Part Conviction for Armed Robbery and Other Offenses, Remanding for Reconsideration of Ineffective Assistance Claims with Assistance of Conflict-Free Counsel Where Post-Conviction Counsel Advanced Ineffective Assistance Claims Against Colleagues at Public Defender's Office

  • Hawkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia Harrison, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Pray, D. Reynolds, John Melvin, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0717

    Court Affirms Convictions for Abuse and Neglect by Counsel Who Operated Unlicensed Homes in Which Mental Impaired Patience Were Held in Unsafe Conditions

  • Shelton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Michael Moeller, (LMJC District Attorney's Office), Summerville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0358

    Public Defender Attorney Could Not Properly Argue That Previous Attorney From Same Office Provided Ineffective Assistance

  • Wilkes & McHugh, P.A. et al. v. LTC Consulting, L.P. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-29
    Practice Area: Law Firm Marketing and Business Development
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Leighton Moore, III, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Meredith Stein Watts, (The Watts Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Edward Bring, Kara Gordon Silverman, (Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0146

    Court vacates denial of law firm's anti-SLAPP motion with respect to ads for lawsuits against nursing homes

  • Siavage v. Gandy et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johannes Kingma, John deMoulpied, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce Brown, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Gregory Brow, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Jacob Edwards, Gainesville, for appellee. Matthew Weiss, John Goselin, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0706

    Court Approves of Trial Court's Refusal to Dismiss Claims Against Attorney to Ponzi-Scheme Operator Who Claimed Lack of Knowledge of Scheme

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  • Briley-Holmes v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2019-07-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shannon Briley-Holmes, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marc Hershovitz, (Marc B. Herhsovitz, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0352

    Court dismisses appellant's appeal due to her untimely filing of an affidavit of indigence.

  • Nugent et al. v. Myles

    Publication Date: 2019-07-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackson Dial, Earl Gunn, Robert Tanner, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, John Floyd, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Kenneth Hodges, (Ken Hodges Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Cohilas, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany, for appellee. George Lilly, (Alexander & Vann), Thomasville, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0162

    Summary judgment is an inappropriate vehicle to decide the legitimacy of an attorney's engagement agreement.

  • Earls. v. Aneke et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-19
    Practice Area: Contracts | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Jason, (Jason & Bradley, LLC), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0329

    Court reverses summary judgment order due to trial court's failure to properly consider litigant's argument.

  • In the Matter of Alexander E. Kahn

    Publication Date: 2019-07-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alexander E. Kahn, (The Law Office of Alexander E. Kahn, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Y0823

    Disbarment Appropriate Discipline For Attorney Who Engaged in Gross Misconduct and Who Defaulted Following Issuance of Notice of Discipline

  • In the Matter of Lesley Annis

    Publication Date: 2019-07-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lesley Annis, (LA Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Y0792

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Did Not Respond to Charges Alleging She Abandoned Clients