• In the Matter of Trent C. Gaines

    Publication Date: 2017-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren R. Hinds, Roswell. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Rebecca A. Hall, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S17Y0375

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law after he pleaded guilty to four federal fel

  • Surry v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Surry, Garden City, proceeded pro se. Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Joshua Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A16A1726

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion for an out-of-time appeal following his guilty plea to theft by receiving, fleeing and attempting to elude a police officer

  • In the Matter of Michael A. Eddings

    Publication Date: 2016-12-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and William J. Cobb, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Michael A. Eddings, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, Atlanta, and Katherine L. McArthur, Macon.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16Y0825

    The Supreme Court ordered that attorney receive a public reprimand for his violations of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct after his wife, who was his law firm's financial manager, stole ove

  • In the Matter of David E. Ralston

    Publication Date: 2016-12-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta. Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, Jonathan C. Peters Peters Monyak LLP, Atlanta, and James A. W. Balli Sams, Larkin, Huff Balli LLP, Marietta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S17Y0552

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a Review Panel reprimand for attorney's admitted violations of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct arisin

  • In the Matter of W. Burrell Ellis Jr.

    Publication Date: 2016-12-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Burrell Ellis Jr., Stone Mountain. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S15Y1785

    The Supreme Court reinstated an attorney to the practice of law following his suspension pending the termination of his appeal from his felony convic

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  • In the Matter of William D. Hentz

    Publication Date: 2016-12-14
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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. William D. Hentz, LaFayette. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, Atlanta, and Thomas M. Cole Whelchel Dunlap Jarrad Walker LLP, Gainesville.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S17Y0346

    The Supreme Court accepted an att s petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a 2-year suspension with conditions in connection with five formal complaints against the att

  • In the Matter of Cameron Shahab

    Publication Date: 2016-12-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cameron Shahab TSG LLP, Atlanta. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and William J. Cobb, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S17Y0225

    The Supreme Court rejected an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline seeking to resolve two State Disciplinary Board matters, noting that the attorney made misrepresentations as to his payment

  • In Re: Judicial Qualifications Comm'n Formal Advisory Op. No. 239

    Publication Date: 2016-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan A. Gaffney Hall Booth Smith PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman S. Fletcher and Lee B. Carter Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson Davis LLP, Rome, for appellee. Other party representation: Charles S. Wynne Hall County State Court, Gainesville, and Wayne M. Purdom DeKalb County State Court, Decatur. Neutral Amicus: Sarah E. Geraghty Southern Center for Human Rights, Lesli N. Gaither, Thomas M. Clyde Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP, Gerald R. Weber Jr., Atlanta, and Hollie G. Manheimer Stuckey Manheimer, Decatur.

    Case Number: S15Z1633

    The Supreme Court directed Judicial Qualifications Commission to reconsider Formal Advisory Opinion No. 239, which concerns Canon 2 A of the former Code of Judicial Conduct and the obligation of ju

  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Viveca Famber, Austell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1593

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for armed robbery, aggravated assault with intent to rob and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as a party to the c

  • Hill-Blount v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Joshua Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1697

    Defendant was not entitled to a new trial based on the court bailiff's improper communication with a juror or the trial court's decision to remove that juror after deliberations had