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  • In the Matter of Monte Kevin Davis.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
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    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: Monte Kevin Davis, Villa Rica, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Jo Carol Nesset-Sale, (Mediation & Law Office of Jocarol Nesset-Sale), Athens, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0085

    Public Reprimand Is an Appropriate Sanction for Attorney Who Sent Text to Harass or Maliciously Injure a Former Client

  • Rimert v. Meriwether & Tharp, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-19
    Practice Area: Family Law | Legal Malpractice | Privacy
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Rutter, Gulf Shores, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Mast, Zachary Lewis, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Aaron Strimban, Robert Tidwell, (Tidwell & Strimban, LLC), Woodstock, John Burns, (Burns Law Group, PC), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1010

    Summary Judgment Properly Granted in Favor of Law Firm Accused of Negligent Training and Supervision of Staff Attorney

  • Browne & Price, P. A. v. Innovative Equity Corporation

    Publication Date: 2021-11-16
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Legal Malpractice | Real Estate
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kim Jackson, Joseph Harris, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Carroll, (Carroll Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, David Houtsma, (David Houtsma Law Firm LLC), Cumming, Angie Walton, (Law Offices of Angie M. Walton, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1005

    Disputed Issues of Fact Presented as to Whether "Liquidated Damages" Reflected Reasonable Pre-Estimate of Actual Damages

  • In the Matter of Gregory Bartko.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-03
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Bartko, Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heidi Manroe Faenza, Rebecca S. Mick, (Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Z0853

    Court Affirms Board's Denial of Former Lawyer's Petition for a Waiver of Its Policies as to Character and Fitness Applications

  • In the Matter of Leonard T. Mathis.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-03
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard F. Waddington, Douglas Vincent Chandler, (Chandler Law, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, James Stephen Lewis, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Y1269

    Court Accepts Imposition of Public Reprimand as a Sanction for Lawyer's Admitted Violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct

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  • Alston & Bird, LLP v. Hatcher Management Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-07
    Practice Area: Damages | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Robbins, Jason Alloy, Jeremy U. Littlefield, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harmon W. Caldwell, Jr., Harry W. MacDougald, Jeremy Mark Moeser, Christine O'Connell Dial Buckler, Lauren Jill Miller, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, for Appellee; Mark David Johnson, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Rocco Eugene Testani, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Michael James Eshman, (Eshman Begnaud, LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope LLP), Canton, for Amicus Appellee; Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S20G1419

    Trial Court Provided Reasoned Explanation

  • Potts v. Clowdis

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Butt, (James Hugh Potts II, LLC), Atlanta, David Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis Levenson, (Louis Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1966

    Court reverses jury verdict and award for legal malpractice damages because trial court failed to properly redact a complaint and to give proper jury instructions.

  • Coe et al. v. Proskauer, LLP

    Publication Date: 2021-07-26
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry MacDougald, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, Jeven Sloan, W. Canada, John McKenzie, David Deary, (Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon, LLP), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Morris, (Akerman LLP), Atlanta, Shari Klevens, (Dentons US LLP), Washington, Mark Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, David Lederkramer, (Proskauer Rose), New York, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0142

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of law firm on plaintiff's legal malpractice action, which was invalid due to statute of limitations issues

  • Armstrong et al. v. Cuffie et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy James Gardner, Henrietta Gaveral Brown, (Gardner Trial Attorneys), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas F. Cuffie, Magua Bianca Benson, (The Cuffie Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee; James Andrew Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G1404

    Statute of limitations for legal malpractice claim in a negligence case begins on the last day when injured party' counsel could have started an underinsured motorist claim

  • In the Matter of Majd M. Ghanayem.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-17
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    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: Majd M Ghanayem, (The MMG Law Firm), Abilene, for appellee. Anthony B. Askew, (Chair, Review Panel), Atlanta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0705

    Disbarment Is Appropriate Sanction in Reciprocal Discipline Matter That Arose Out of Disbarment Entered in Texas