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  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Jadawnya Baker.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-23
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Prescott Boring, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald J. Freeman, Sr., (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City, Janise L. Miller, Atlanta, Richard L. Robbins, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Ronnie K. Batchelor, (Gwinnett Co. Justice & Administration), Lawrenceville, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Z1070

    Public Reprimand of Judge Appropriate Discipline for Periodically Dismissing Cases Without Legal Authority

  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Cary Hays III.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Court Administration
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Prescott Boring, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cary Hays, III, Knoxville, for appellee; Robert Charles Iverson McBurney, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Z1181

    30-Day Unpaid Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Judge Who Engaged in Physical Altercation With Defendant

  • Spann v. Davis et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Gregory Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Cary S. Wiggins, (Wiggins Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimberly Briana-Maria Myers, Joshua Stanley Foster, Kimberly M. Perkins, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, Laura M. Shamp, Joshua Forrest Silk, (Shamp Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for, Amicus Appellant; Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Zachariah Weston Lindsey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S20G1536

    Trial Court Erred in Raising Issue of Quasi-Judicial Immunity Sua Sponte

  • Small v. Chatham County et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-11
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauncey Barnwell, (Chauncey Napoleon Brown Barnwell, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Davenport, (Chatham County Attorney's Office), Savannah, Jennifer Davenport, (Chatham County Attorney's Office), Savannah, R. Hart, (Hart & Associates Law Firm LLC), Savannah, Noble Boykin, (Jones, Boykin & Associates), Savannah, Quentin Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for Appellee; Walter Ballew, (Barrow & Ballew, P.C.), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0360

    Sovereign Immunity Precluded Suit Against County Based on Probate Court Clerk's Defalcation

  • Shannon v. Hatch

    Publication Date: 2021-07-08
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Bagley, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean Hynes, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0577

    Trial Court's Final Judgment Against Party Who Failed to Appeal For Trial Constituted Nonamendable Defect on Record

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  • In Re Lightfoot

    Publication Date: 2021-02-18
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Shubow, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Steven Phillips, (Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Gammage, (Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta, for appellee. Kenneth Kondritzer, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1828

    Attorney's Courtroom Conduct Did Not Constitute Criminal Contempt

  • Barrow v. Raffensperger

    Publication Date: 2020-06-15
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wade H. Tomlinson, III, Charles W. Byrd, George "Buddy" Darden, Michael Jonathan Moore, Michael P Morrill, Elizabeth Studdard White, (Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood), Atlanta, S. Lester Tate, III, (Akin & Tate, PC), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth T. Young, Russell David Willard, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, Elizabeth Ann Penland, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Joyce Gist Lewis, Adam Martin Sparks, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Monica Joy Hanrahan, (Hanrahan Freitag Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20A1029

    Secretary of State Could Not be Compelled to Hold Election in May For Position of Supreme Court Justice Whose Prospective Resignation In November Was Irrevocable

  • Rhonda Newton, Court Appointed Administrator of the Estate of Ronnie Cantrell v. Kaye Freeman, Court Appointed Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Cantrell

    Publication Date: 2020-03-17
    Practice Area: Court Administration
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Moody, (William R. Moody Jr. PC), Canton, Warren Power, (Power & Jaugstetter, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terry Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Floyd Propst, (Caldwell & Watson, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2398

    Trial Court Erred in Denying Motion to Dismiss Appeal; Appealing Party Failed to Make Sure Trial Transcript Was Filed in a Timely Manner

  • Duke v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-12
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Sikes Gibbs, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, John B. Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Paul Bowden, Jennifer Dawn Hart, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cordele, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19M0969

    Appellate Courts Cannot Accept Statutorily Unauthorized Interlocutory Appeals Unless Trial Courts Have First Authorized Immediate Review

  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Eddie Anderson.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-13
    Practice Area: Court Administration
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin F. Easterlin IV (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Atlanta; Robert Charles McBurney (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eddie Anderson (Magistrate Court of Tattnall County), Reidsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Z1333

    Judge's Wrongful Interference In Property Dispute Undermined Public Integrity and Impartiality of Judiciary