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  • Villanueva v. First Am. Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh C. Wood Wood & Meredith LLP, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellant: James R. Evans McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, and Robin F. Clark, Atlanta. Frederic S. Beloin and Charles W. Brown Beloin, Brown, Blum & Wise LLC, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus curiae: Kenneth L. Shigley Chambers, Aholt & Rickard LLP, Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, Patrick T. O'Connor, and Robert B. Lingle Oliver Maner LLP, Savannah.
    Case Number: S12G0484

    A legal malpractice claim for financial loss, involving solely the right of property, is assig

  • Citifinancial Servs. Inc. v. Varner

    Publication Date: 2013-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Grodzicki Rubin Lublin LLC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Jones Beck, Owen & Murray, Griffin, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A2568

    After the bank intervened in an action for equitable partition and sale of real property asserting that it had a lien on the property at issue, the Court found that evidence established the bank's c

  • Bankston v. Warbington

    Publication Date: 2013-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Moss Moss & Rothenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Warbington, Lawrenceville, proceeded pro se. Other party representation: Jennifer Patterson Miles Patterson Hansford Tallant, LLC, Cumming.
    Case Number: A12A2498

    The trial court properly awarded attorneys' fees to the defendant since it found that the plaintiff used a contempt motion for purposes of haras

  • Rowe v. Law Offices of Ben C. Brodhead PC; Law Offices of Ben C. Brodhead PC v. Rowe

    Publication Date: 2012-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A12A1300; A12A1301

    In a dispute over an attorneys' fee agreement, the Court affirmed the jury's verdict for the law firm in the amount of $160K.

  • Horn v. Shepherd

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Celeste F. Brewer, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa L. D. Griffis Rosenzweig, Jones, Horne & Griffis PC, Taylor B. Drake, and Clifton M. Sandlin Glover & Davis PA, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0890

    A trial court does not have the authority to make payment of a new attorneys' fee award a condition for purging contempt of a previous

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  • Clarke v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon Brown & Gill, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Wesley Ross District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0924

    An attorney's use of a law firm's letterhead, administrative resources, contact information on court documents, and time and billing software system, along with her admission that she owed the firm

  • In the Matter of Adrienne R. McFall

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S12Y1134

    An attorney, with a history of taking money from clients and abandoning them, was disb

  • Mayor & Aldermen of the City of Savannah v. Batson-Cook Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew D. Shore, Gregory K. Morgan, Elizabeth B. Hodges Phillips & Morgan LLP, Atlanta, James B. Blackburn and Peter A. Giusti, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles J. Willis, Mark L. Degennaro Willis, McKenzie, Degennaro & Alford LLP, LaGrange, Robert S. Glenn Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, Stanley Karsman Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, and Brian J. Vella Smith, Pachte, McWhorter PLC, Vienna, Va., for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A0768

    The trial court did not err in denying the city's motion to recuse the trial judge because the city's factual assertions did not demonstrate that the judge's impartiality might reasonably be quest

  • In the Matter of Kelly L. Turner

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly L. Turner, Cumming. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Kellyn O. McGee, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0070

    An attorney, who failed to keep a detailed accounting of funds paid to her and created a contract for legal services after the fact will receive a Review Panel Repr

  • Francis-Rolle v. Harvey

    Publication Date: 2011-05-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sonia Francis-Rolle, Fairburn, proceeded pro se. William M. Ordway, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0357

    The trial court erred to the extent that it required mother to pay child support pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 19-6-15 e, with no limit as to age, because financial assistance after the child reaches the a