• In the Matter of Robbie M. Levin

    Publication Date: 2011-05-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Colette R. Steel, Atlanta. Dean C. Bucci Plumley & Bucci LLC, Dallas.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11Y0598

    An attorney, who pled guilty to misdemeanor distribution of obscene material and criminal attempt to commit interference with custody, was suspended for 24 months with conditions on reinstat

  • Pine Grove Builders Inc. v. Suntrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2011-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Christy and Philip R. Green Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Camden B. Scearce Jr., Caroline B. Stefaniak, and Timothy L. Mickel Husch, Blackwell, Sanders LLP, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1790

    The trial court erred by confirming a foreclosure sale as to a guarantor of a loan because the notice by publication failed to list the date and time of the confirmation he

  • In re Dolezal

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Kellyn O. McGee, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of country-regionGeorgiaplaceCityAtlantaJennifer R. Dolezal, Jefferson. Leslie S. Jones PlaceNameAthens-ClarkePlaceTypeCountyMunicipal Court, CityAthensand Anthony B. Askew, Review Panel Chairperson King & Spalding LLP, placeCityAtlanta
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11Y0039, S11Y0040

    An attorney, who abandoned two domestic relations clients, failed to return one client's unearned fees and failed to respond to the disciplinary proceedings, was disb

  • In re Suttle

    Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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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 country-regionGeorgiaplaceCityAtlantaJames E. Spence Jr. Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, placeCityDecaturWilliam L. Skinner, Tucker, and Anthony B. Askew, Review Panel Chairperson King & Spalding LLP, placeCityAtlanta
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S10Y1548

    An attorney, who entered an Alford plea to residential mortgage fraud was suspended for two years with conditions on reinstat

  • Giacomantonio v. Romagnoli

    Publication Date: 2010-09-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Gross and Ramsey A. Knowles Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Walter H. Bush Jr. and Christopher B. Freeman Carlton Fields PA, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A10A1934

    The appellant could ssert that he was entitled to injunctive relief, which would maker parts of the parties' restaurant operation and supply companies' operating agreements invalid, since he di

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  • Woods v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: David B. Bell Bell & Bell Assocs., Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0210

    Under Georgia law, an attorney's lien is considered an open account and subject to a 4-year statute of limitation, which begins to run when the right of action ac

  • Schaff v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Gough, Brunswick, and Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Jacquelyn L. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Woodbine, for appellee. Other party representation: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A10A0290

    Defense counsel's testimony was not necessary to prove the facts relating to the alleged molestation victim's videotaped recantation, which took place at his office, since others were present during

  • State of Ga. ex. rel. Doyle v. Frederick J. Hanna & Assocs. PC

    Publication Date: 2010-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Sidney R. Barrett Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey W. Stump and Amy C. M Burns, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael J. Bowers, J. Matthew Maguire Jr. and Marlie A. McDonnell Balch & Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S10A0397

    The Administrator of the Fair Business Practices Act of 1975's investigative demand, which he issued to a law firm seeking to collect debts on behalf of creditors, was an improper attempt to regulat

  • Tavakolian v. AGIO Corp.

    Publication Date: 2010-06-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gholamreza Tavakolian, Avondale Estate, and Hamid Tavakolian, Mission Viejo, Calif., proceeded pro se. C. Terry Blanton Jerry L. Sewell, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A09A1838

    A ' "motion to determine in a hearing the sufficiency of answers is necessary before responses to request for admissions may be deemed insufficient and deemed admitt

  • Srader v. Midkiff

    Publication Date: 2010-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James J. Hopkins, Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0523

    Trial court did not err in issuing a final judgment without receiving the minor's test or appointing a guardian ad litem, because it heard the grandparents' and father's test