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  • Chalk v. Poletto

    Publication Date: 2018-07-26
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Gentry (Gentry Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heidi Honis (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Jeanne Woods (Huff Woods and Hamby), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0563

    Statute Allowing Attorney Fees in Child Custody Matters Also Applies in Legitimation Cases

  • Dukes v. Munoz et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A18A0572

    Service By Publication Denied Due Process Where Property Purchasers Has Failed to Exercise Reasonable Diligence in Locating Owner

  • Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children Services v. Christopher Steiner

    Publication Date: 2018-07-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Annette M. Cowart, Sarah Hawkins Warren, Penny Hannah, Shalen S. Nelson, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Victoria Cuneo Powell (Department of Law), Atlanta; Kenneth Gene Lawrence (Turner & Lawrence PC), Jackson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Scott Key, Kayci Nicole Dennis (Miller & Key PA), McDonough, for appellee. Andrew Santos Fleischman (Ross & Pines LLC), Atlanta; Laura D. Hogue (Hogue & Hogue LLP), Macon; Charles R. Bliss, Mara Leah Block (Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc), Atlanta; Lisa Jane Krisher, Michael Joseph Tafelski, Jamie B.J. Rush (Georgia Legal Services Program), Atlanta; David Alfred Webster, Atlanta, for amicus appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0281

    The superior court erred in finding that Georgia's central child abuse registry is unconstitutional, both on its face and as applied to appellee.

  • Crittenden et al. v. White

    Publication Date: 2018-07-11
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Annette Cowart (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Michelle LeGrande (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adrianne Freeman (Georgia Legal Services Program), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0457

    Legal Permanent Resident Who Entered U.S. in 1996 And Remained Physically Present Not Subject to Waiting Period for Medicaid Eligibilty

  • Edward N. Davis, P. C. v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2018-07-05
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Davis (Attorney at Law), Butler, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joel Sherlock (Mincey & Sherlock LLC), Roberta, for appellee. Adam Russo (Lefkoff Rubin & Gleason & Russo PC), Atlanta; James Anthony (Warner Bates McGough McGinnis & Portnoy PC), Atlanta; Floyd Dickens (Gaddis & Lanier LLC), Atlanta; Derek Littlefield (Cushing Morris Armbruster & Montgomery LLP), Atlanta; Joseph Burton (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0087

    Late-Filed Statutory Attorney's Lien Was Not Superior to Other Liens Claimed by Interpleader Defendants

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  • Belcher v. Belcher

    Publication Date: 2018-07-05
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Forwood (Forwood Law LLC), Watkinsvilee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry Fitzpatrick (Law Office of Lane Fitzpatrick), Danielsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0362

    Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded Against Former Spouse Whose Claimed Reason for Ceasing Alimony Payments Lacked Factual Basis

  • In The Matter of Gary Lanier Coulter.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-05
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Jacob Cobb, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary Lanier Coulter (Coulter & Associates), Bogart; Gary Lanier Coulter, Sugar Hill, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Sandra S. Cho (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0993

    A divided Supreme Court disbarred an attorney for his violation of several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, including trust account violations.

  • Barbour v. Sangha et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne Kendall (Attorney at Law), East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori Cohen, Victoria Lockard (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0294

    Trial Court Had Discretion to Accept Answer to Complaint After Erroneous Rejection of Defendant's E-Filed Documents

  • Stephens v. Castano-Castano

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Butler (Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, PLLC), Atlanta; Nicole Leet, Michael Rust (Gray Rust St. Amand Moffett Brieske, LLP), Atlanta; Michael Newton (Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan), Chattanooga; Charles Hoey (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Cork (Attorney at Law), Decatur; Jeffrey Yashinsky (The Yashinsky Law Group), Roswell, for appellee. Kristin L. Pierson, Atlanta; Kristin Pierson (Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A18A0100

    Defendant Should Have Been Allowed to Introduce Evidence of Treating Physician's Financial Interest in Personal Injury Action

  • Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. v. Anduro Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-22
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Parker-Flynn (Carlton Fields Jorden Burt), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherri Buda, Bryan Knight (Knight Johnson LLC), Atlanta; Hayden Pace (Stokes Wagner ALC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0682

    Some Evidence Supported Jury's Finding That Defendants Were Jointly and Severally Liable For Attorney Fees