Publication Date: 2024-11-26
Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Procedure
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith J. Barnett, Sarah Tope Reise, Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, David Erich Nahmias, Alisha Goel, (Jones Day), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Andrew C. Evans, (Evans Law LLC), Atlanta, Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, for appellee; Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Zachary Mullinax, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for other party; Edward Albert Bedard, Jason Alloy, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
Case Number: S24A0789
Court reverses garnishment judgment against investment advisor due to lack of personal jurisdiction resulting from use of the wrong garnishment form and improper service