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  • Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Lazarus & Adele, LLP v. Barken et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Skyler McDonald, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Tampa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Rogers, William D’Antignac, Gilbert Deitch, Kara Phillips, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, John Hadden, (Penn Law, LLC), Atlanta, G Spears, (Spears & Filipovits, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Ware, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, Russell Britt, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Michael Wynter, (City of Atlanta- Department of Law), Atlanta, for other party; Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0159

    Court reverses sanctions against law firm, where sanctions had been awarded on account of law firm's failure to timely disclose conflict of interest

  • Anderson v. Kaye et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-19
    Practice Area: Contracts | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario Breedlove, (The Breedlove Law Firm), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Kaye, (Manchel, Wiggins & Kaye, LLP), Atlanta, Blue Spruell, (The Outlaw Firm LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0056

    Court vacates and remands case involving attorney fees due to statute of limitations issue

  • In the Matter of James W. Davis, III.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James W. Davis, Villa Rica, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0622

    Court orders disbarment of an attorney who fraudulently intercepted and misappropriated a multi-million dollar insurance payment meant for a client

  • In the Matter of Paul Jason York.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-15
    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: Dennis T. Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, for appellee; Michael J Blakely, Jr., (The Blakely Firm), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: S24Y0285

    Court rejects attorney's petition for voluntary three-year suspension of his license with pending reinstatement amid unresolved felony charges relating to forgery

  • In the Matter of Joel David Myers.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Charles Wilson, John Allen Earles, (Georgia Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, Russell David Willard, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Lester Tate, III, (Akin & Tate, PC), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Z0598

    Court grants disbarred attorney's application for readmission following rehabilitation

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  • In the Interest of H. D. G. H., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-04-15
    Practice Area: Family Law | Immigration Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake Evans, (The Blake Evans Law Firm), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Cathy Lerow, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1659

    Court vacates juvenile court's conclusion that it lacked jurisdiction in a dependency and Special Immigrant Juvenile status case and remands for court to make critical findings for minor's status

  • In the Matter of Shaquandra A. Woods.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-03
    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: S24Y0566

    Court accepts attorney's voluntarily petition for suspension of her law licenses pending her appeal of a criminal conviction for conspiracy to commit wire fraud

  • In the Matter of Andrea Jo Anne David-Vega.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-03
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David S. Lipscomb, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Christine Anne Koehler, (Law Office of Christine Koehler), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0099

    Court rejects Special Master's recommendation for a suspension and instead disbars attorney for serious professional misconduct, including fabrication of evidence and false statements

  • Crary v. Clautice et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David S. DeLugas, (National Association Of Parents, Inc. d/b/a Parentsusa), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Jeffrey Rubin, (Rubin Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0004

    Court dismisses challenge to constitutionality of grandparent visitation statute and affirms denial of motions for contempt and for fees and expenses that appellant had sought from grandparents

  • In the Matter of Cheryl Joyce Braziel.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl Joyce Braziel, (C Braziel Law Firm), Cameron, Cheryl Joyce Braziel, Cameron, for appellee; Daniel S. Reinhardt, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0267

    Court agrees with a Special Master's recommendations and suspends attorney for two years as a sanction for violating Practice Rules in a personal injury lawsuit and settlement