• In the Matter of Tanya Y. Brockington

    Publication Date: 2015-07-31
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Tanya Y. Brockington Brockington Legal Services, Homewood, IL. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S15Y1099

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney based on her abandonment of three clients' legal ma

  • In the Matter of Tanya Y. Brockington

    Publication Date: 2015-07-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Tanya Y. Brockington Brockington Legal Services, Homewood, IL. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S15Y1099

    This disciplinary matter is before the Court on a Notice of Discipline seeking the disbarment of Tanya Yvette Brockington State Bar No. 259287 based on her abandonment of three clients. Brocki

  • Fisher Phillips LLP v. Amerex Envtl. Techs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Moore Van Sant Law LLC, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Pircon and Brian McMahon, Batavia, Ill., proceeded pro se.

    Case Number: A15A0206

    The trial court erred in sua sponte dismissing a law firm's action seeking to recover more than $129K in unpaid invoices for legal services, as the firm was not required to verify t plaint and

  • In the Interest of B. R. F.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Rawlings McMillan Rawlings LLP, Sandersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Tammy Griner, Griffin, for appellee. Other party representation: Todd Harding, Michael Feltman, Griffin, Roger Montgomery, Talbotton, and Charles O'Neill, Zebulon. Amicus: Lisa Krisher, Phyllis Holmen, Vicky Kimbrell Georgia Legal Services Program Inc., Atlanta, and Jane Okransinski Georgia Ass'n of Counsel for Children, Athens.

    Case Number: A14A1536

    The Court found that it had jurisdiction to grant an out-of-time application for discretionary appeal from an order terminating a mother's parental rights, because the mother's due process rights we

  • Bell v. Waffle House Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-05-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Stevens and Ronald Stevens Stevens Stevens LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandon Elleby and Robert Ingram Moore, Ingram, Johnson Steele LLP, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2303

    Since the plaintiff did not dispute the reasonableness of the defendant's attorneys' fees and made only a procedural argument unrelated to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the defendant's

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  • Pollard v. Pollard

    Publication Date: 2015-04-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank W. Hamilton and Kimberly Colmey Hamilton Legal Services LLC, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Pollard, Atlanta, proceeded pro se.

    Case Number: S15A0041

    A contempt order arising out of a divorce action ordering the wife to take out a life insurance policy for at least $50K naming the husband as the sole beneficiary, or alternatively, to establish a

  • Befekadu v. Addis Int'l Money Transfer

    Publication Date: 2015-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Oldham, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Phillips Phillips Law LLC, Alpharetta, and Harold Ehrman, Tucker, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A1643

    The trial court failed to apply the correct legal standards when disqualifying the defendant's co

  • In the Matter of Robert T. Thompson Jr.

    Publication Date: 2015-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Robert T. Thompson Jr. Thompson Law Group LLC, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S15Y0003

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney for violating several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in connection with a fee dispute with a c

  • Guerrero v. Guerrero

    Publication Date: 2015-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance N. Owen Johnston Owen Bullard LLP, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth G. Lawrence Fears Lawrence Turner PC, Jackson, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14F1754

    The husband was entitled to a new trial following the entry of a final decree granting his wife's comp for divorce, as he was not properly served with the summons and comp

  • In the Matter of Tanya Y. Brockington

    Publication Date: 2015-01-22
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Tanya Y. Brockington Brockington Legal Services, Homewood, Ill.. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S14Y1387

    The Supreme Court imposed a Review Panel reprimand based on an attorney's conduct in handling a client's immigration m