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  • In the Matter of Curtis Lee Allen

    Publication Date: 2024-08-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis Lee Allen, (Bush Ross PA), Tampa, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, III, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    Case Number: S24Y0865

    Court rejects petition for voluntary reciprocal discipline due to deficiencies, including lack of documentation and evidence for retroactive suspension.

  • In the Matter of Susan Michele Brown.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-19
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa Elizabeth Lazzaroni, Lupo, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y1211

    Court rejects attorney's petition for voluntary discipline because her actions in her role as a trustee were outside of her legal practice and GRPC scope does not extend to her fiduciary actions.

  • Zammit et al. v. Hobson & Hobson, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, Leslie Hartnett, Jessica Jackson, (FordHarrison, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cary Ichter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Oladimeji Ogunsola, (Ichter Davis LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0585

    Court affirms denial of a of motion to dismiss breach of contract and tortious nterference claims in a matter involving former law firm employees' breach of a non-solicitation policy

  • Wierson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rubin, (Peters, Rubin & Sheffield), Decatur, Kristen Novay, (Garland, Samuel and Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee; Justin Moore, (Aequitas Legal Services, LLC), Atlanta, Amanda Walker, (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0241

    Court affirms ruling allowing insanity defense and reverses an order allowing evidence of compliance with prescription medication in a vehicular homicide case

  • Wexler v. Bruce Thompson, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Radford, Zachary Panter, (Radford & Keebaugh), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jeffrey Babcock, (Chief Legal Services), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0144

    Court reverses denial of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance due to erroneous work stoppage and payment determinations made by a hearing officer

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  • In re: Formal Advisory Opinion No. 22-1.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-17
    Practice Area: Legal Operations
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, John Joseph Shiptenko, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24U0609

    Court approves advisory opinion enabling remote work by non-Georgia lawyers under specific defined conditions

  • In the Matter of Emily C. Williams.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily C. Williams, Jacksonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Y0919

    Court accepts attorney's petition for 91-day suspension as voluntary reciprocal discipline following disciplinary proceedings against her in another state

  • In the Matter of Diana Y. McDonald.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S23Y1195

    Court dismisses attorney's petition to retire from legal practice and instead orders disbarment due to multiple ethical violations involving misuse of client funds

  • Tatum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Jay McArthur, (McArthur & McArthur, P.A.), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Parks White, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, Michael Martin Coveney, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Danielsville, Jeffrey Lee, (Office of the Elbert County District Attorney), Elberton for appellee; Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Virginia Natasha Perdew Silas, (Federal Defender Program Inc.), Decatur, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Smyrna, Mazie Lynn Guertin, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Cory H. Isaacson, (Aclu Foundation of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0955

    Court vacates denial of motion to suppress evidence and remands for determination of whether the independent source doctrine applies in a case involving a warrantless search

  • In the Matter of Ephraim L. Michael.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Y0549

    Court issues public reprimand for attorney's professional conduct violations relating to delegation of responsibilities to a non-lawyer assistant in a personal injury case