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Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de octubre de 2022
In the Matter of Trent Lee Coggins
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó la petición de un abogado de Valdosta para una suspensión de seis meses por violaciones de cuenta fiduciaria, retroactiva a cuando dejó de ejercer, y lo reincorporó de inmediato porque el período de suspensión ya había transcurrido.
PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the report and recommendation of Special Master Jack J. Helms, Jr., who recommends that the Court accept the petition for voluntary discipline filed by respondent Trent Lee Coggins (State Bar No. 173299) pursuant to Bar Rule 4-227 (c) after the filing of a formal complaint. Coggins asks that the...
Additionally, prior to the May 2016 closing, Coggins was present and overheard a telephone conversation between his client and the third party in which they discussed applying the proceeds of the sale of the four lots toward repayment of the Loan. Coggins believed that the third party would release the four lots from the security deed upon application of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 7 de septiembre de 2022
In the Matter of Andrew Matteson
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia rechazó la solicitud de un abogado de aceptar una suspensión de tres a seis meses por el mal manejo de fondos de clientes y el abandono de casos, porque no presentó pruebas de sus afirmaciones sobre salud mental ni de que hubiera compensado a sus clientes.
In his petition, Matteson, who was admitted to the Bar in 2000, makes the following admissions unconditionally with respect to State Disciplinary Board Docket (“SDBD”) No. 7496. In exchange for a total retainer of $1,500 paid to Matteson’s law firm, Matteson represented a client in several personal and business matters over a number of years including 2017....
3 Rule 1.15 (I) (c) provides that, upon receiving funds in which a client has an interest, a lawyer shall promptly notify the client and deliver that portion of the funds which the client is entitled to receive. 4 Rule 1.16 (a) (2) provides that a lawyer shall withdraw from representation of a client if the lawyer’s physical or mental condition materially...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de octubre de 2022
In the Matter of Edward Hine, Jr
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó la solicitud del abogado Edward Hine, Jr. de renunciar de forma permanente a su licencia de abogado después de que admitiera haber manejado indebidamente fondos de clientes y fideicomisos, un resultado equivalente a la inhabilitación.
PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary surrender of license, which Respondent Edward Hine, Jr. (State Bar No. 355775), filed before the issuance of a formal complaint, see Bar Rule 4-227 (b), but after this Court rejected his earlier petition for voluntary discipline. See In the Matter of Hine, 314 Ga. 70 (875...
(3) the client gives informed consent, in a writing signed by the client, to the essential terms of the transaction and the lawyer’s role in the transaction, including whether the lawyer is representing the client in the transaction. Rule 1.15 (I) (a) provides, in relevant part, that “[a] lawyer shall hold funds or other property of clients or third persons...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de octubre de 2022
In the Matter of Karen Lynn Pass
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia emitió una reprimenda pública con condiciones a la abogada Karen Lynn Pass por manejar mal fondos fiduciarios de clientes y no supervisar debidamente a una empleada no abogada que robó dinero de clientes.
PER CURIAM. These two disciplinary matters are before the Court on the consolidated report submitted by the Special Master, Patrick H. Head, who recommends that this Court impose a public reprimand with conditions upon respondent Karen Lynn Pass (State Bar No. 480920) for her violations of Rules 1.15 (I) (a), 1.15 (II) (b), and 5.3 (b) of the Georgia Rules...
2 Rule 1.15 (II) (b) provides in relevant part that “[n]o personal funds shall ever be deposited in a lawyer’s trust account, except that unearned attorney’s fees may be so held until the same are earned. . . . Records on such trust accounts shall be so kept and maintained as to reflect at all times the exact balance held for each client or third person. No...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 8 de marzo de 2022
McEntyre v. Sams East, Inc
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que cualquiera que ayude a cargar un vehículo, no solo el conductor, tiene el deber legal de asegurar bien la carga, y puede ser demandado por negligencia si se incumple ese deber y alguien resulta herido como consecuencia.
BETHEL, Justice. This case involving personal injury claims arising from an automobile accident is before this Court on three certified questions from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. The questions seek this Court’s interpretation of OCGA § 40-6-248.1 (b), which provides that “[n]o person shall operate or load for...
1 In addition to the parties’ briefs and presentations at oral argument, the Court was assisted in answering the three certified questions by an amicus curiae brief from Georgians for Lawsuit Reform. mattresses became loose and fell from the bed of McCall’s truck onto a public roadway. Shortly after the mattress fell onto the road, Amanda McEntyre’s vehicle...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 9 de agosto de 2022
In the Matter of Amber Holly Bunch
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó la solicitud de una abogada del área de Atlanta de entregar voluntariamente su licencia de abogada después de admitir el manejo indebido de fondos fiduciarios de clientes en dos casos de lesiones personales, un resultado tratado igual que la inhabilitación.
In her petition, Bunch, who has been a member of the State Bar since 2016, admitted the following facts. With regard to State Disciplinary Board Docket (“SDBD”) No. 7462, Bunch admitted that in December 2017, a client retained her for a personal injury action arising from an accident. Bunch eventually settled the client’s claim against the defendant for the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de octubre de 2022
Lee v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Harvey Lee, rechazando sus alegatos de que sus abogados de juicio fueron constitucionalmente ineficaces por no objetar pruebas sobre el buen carácter de la víctima, una foto familiar y comentarios sobre su silencio durante una entrevista policial.
The evidence presented at trial showed that George and Tia Young were married and lived in Gwinnett County with their three children. George worked in security and, in an effort to help Lee, a family friend, hired Lee as a subcontractor and allowed him to live in the family’s home. Late on the night of November 16, 2017, George arrived home from work and...
On November 17, the morning after the shooting, George’s employer went to the Young home, and Tia asked him to help her find George’s one-million-dollar life insurance policy, of which she was the primary beneficiary. Tia located the policy and notified the insurance company of George’s death later that day. That same day, Lee went to George’s office...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 8 de marzo de 2022
DOE v. SAINT JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que un hombre que dice que un sacerdote abusó sexualmente de él cuando era niño en la década de 1970 puede seguir con la mayoría de sus reclamos contra la Iglesia Católica, porque el plazo de dos años para demandar pudo haberse suspendido por el fraude alegado.
Likewise, Doe’s claims against the Church for failure to warn and provide adequate security on the premises require a showing that the Church knew or should have known about Father Edwards’s alleged history of sexual abuse, so that it could reasonably foresee that he presented a danger to young parishioners. See Johnson St. Properties v. Clure, 302 Ga. 51,...
Finally, Doe’s breach-of-fiduciary-duty, fraudulent- misrepresentation, and fraudulent-concealment claims each require a showing that the Church misrepresented or concealed its knowledge of “a material fact” — here, the Church’s knowledge that Father Edwards was dangerous to children. See OCGA §§ 23-2-53 (“Suppression of a material fact which a party is...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 20 de septiembre de 2022
In the Matter of Joseph Arrington II
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia inhabilitó al abogado Joseph Arrington II por usar mal repetidamente su cuenta fiduciaria, incluyendo depositar fondos personales y hacer retiros en efectivo de dinero que debía guardarse para clientes.
PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the report and recommendation of special master Thomas E. Cauthorn III, recommending that the Court disbar respondent Joseph Arrington II (State Bar No. 023728), who was admitted to the Bar in 1996 and who remains suspended following his failure to respond to the State Bar’s notice of...
Following the evidentiary hearing, the special master issued his report and recommendation, which found, based upon the facts deemed admitted by Arrington’s failure to respond to the requests for admission, that Arrington knowingly used funds in his trust account for his personal use and for purposes unrelated to a client; knowingly deposited personal...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 29 de noviembre de 2022
Young v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena de Tia Young por asesinato en la modalidad de delito grave (felony murder) en la muerte a tiros de su esposo, al considerar suficiente la prueba circunstancial y rechazar sus reclamos sobre un juicio conjunto y las instrucciones al jurado.
The evidence presented at trial showed that George and Tia Young were married and lived in Gwinnett County with their three Tia’s case was docketed to the August 2022 term of this Court and submitted for a decision on the briefs. 2 Tia was convicted and sentenced for both misdemeanor and felony attempted tampering with evidence based on the same conduct,...
Officers searched the home and found two handgun holsters and one handgun in Lee’s room, as well as a rifle in Lee’s truck. A firearm examiner determined that the shooter used a .40-caliber M&P Smith and Wesson handgun. This weapon was never located, and there was no evidence that either Tia or Lee had ever possessed or purchased a .40-caliber Smith and...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 17 de mayo de 2022
In the Matter of David J. Farnham
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó la entrega voluntaria de la licencia de un abogado después de que admitiera haber manejado mal un acuerdo de $250,000 por lesiones personales para una menor y no haberse comunicado con su cliente.
The facts, as admitted in Farnham’s petition for voluntary surrender, are as follows. Farnham was retained by a client to pursue a personal injury claim for injuries suffered by her minor daughter in an automobile accident. The insurance carrier for the at-fault driver agreed to pay the policy limits of $250,000, and Farnham received those proceeds in June...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 22 de junio de 2022
In the Matter of Edward Hine, Jr
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia rechazó la solicitud de un abogado con muchos años de ejercicio de recibir una suspensión de seis meses por el mal uso admitido de fondos de un cliente en sucesión, al considerar que su falta reconocida podría por sí sola justificar la inhabilitación y que había omitido una falta relacionada con un fideicomiso aparte.
Hine begins his recitation of the underlying facts by recounting that his wife passed away in May 2021 after a 17-month battle with cancer, that he has transferred all of his clients save one to other counsel, that his one remaining client was in the process of selling off all of its assets, and that he intends to convert his Bar status to inactive once...
Hine acknowledges that he violated Rule 1.4 and Rule 1.8 (a) and (b) by failing to communicate with, and to seek the approval of, the estate’s beneficiaries before advancing funds to his operating account and that he violated Rule 1.15 (I) (a) and Rule 1.15 (II) (b) by depositing estate funds into his operating account. Hine asserts that a suspension would...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de febrero de 2022
Shelton v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato con malicia de James Shelton en la muerte de Manuel Palmer, rechazando los argumentos de que la evidencia era insuficiente y de que sus abogados de juicio fueron constitucionalmente deficientes por no continuar con una evaluación de responsabilidad penal.
Mary, who lived next door to Palmer, told police officers that she saw Appellant and Palmer in Palmer’s car earlier in the day. She testified that she saw the two of them moving scrap material during the day and placing the material between her house and Palmer’s mobile home. She testified that they were moving the material from Appellant’s home because...
According to Juanita, Palmer came to visit her alone at her home between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. to drop off some of the money he obtained from scrapping his car.6 She testified that Palmer told her that he was going to stop talking or associating with Appellant and that he was “giving up the partying lifestyle.” Tessa Watkins, a neighbor, testified that...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de febrero de 2022
Anderson v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de un hombre del condado de DeKalb, al dictaminar que la evidencia de un intento de robo anterior fue admitida correctamente y que las decisiones de su abogado de juicio no constituyeron una representación constitucionalmente deficiente.
Approximately an hour later and less than a mile away, at a different apartment complex on Metropolitan Avenue in DeKalb County, a man entered one of the apartment buildings, went to the fourth floor, and began knocking on doors of apartments on that floor. Two tenants who lived on the fourth floor saw a young African- on December 18, 2020. Anderson filed a...
Inside the apartment, the police located a black knit hat and four spent .38-caliber cartridges. A firearms examiner determined that all of the cartridges had been fired from the same gun and that they were consistent with having been fired from a Colt or Springfield .38-caliber pistol. The medical examiner testified that Newton suffered multiple gunshot...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 19 de enero de 2022
In THE MATTER OF WAYMON SIMS (Two Cases)
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó la solicitud de un abogado del área de Atlanta de renunciar voluntariamente a su licencia de abogado después de admitir el manejo indebido de fondos de clientes y de cuentas fiduciarias en dos casos disciplinarios distintos.
PER CURIAM. These disciplinary matters are before the Court on the report of special master Catherine H. Hicks, who recommends that this Court accept the petitions for voluntary surrender of license filed by respondent Waymon Sims (State Bar No. 648825) after the filing of a formal complaint. See Bar Rule 4-227 (c). In his petitions, filed in State...
With regard to SDBD No. 7316, the special master found that Sims commingled and maintained personal and client funds in his Interest on Lawyers Trust Account (“IOLTA”) ending in 4777, his trust account ending in 1392, his IOLTA ending in 1384, his trust account ending in 6273, and his trust account ending in 2366. In addition, Sims held client funds in...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 1 de febrero de 2022
In the Matter of Anthony O. Van Johnson
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia suspendió al abogado Anthony O. Van Johnson por seis meses después de que manejara mal fondos de un acuerdo y retrasara las presentaciones de desacato y cambio de nombre de un cliente, aceptando su petición de disciplina voluntaria.
The Special Master found the following facts to be established by the record, and we agree that the record supports his findings. Van Johnson has been a member of the State Bar since 1996. In State Disciplinary Board Docket (“SDBD”) No. 7295, after settling a personal-injury client’s case for $9,000 and depositing the settlement proceeds in his Lawyers...
deposition testimony, a former employee falsely accused him of drugging her and sexually assaulting her. He testified that the district attorney dismissed the single charge which stemmed from these false allegations. He testified that the ordeal traumatized him and impacted his ability to represent the clients involved in this case, and that these matters...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 1 de junio de 2022
Jackson v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Andre Jackson en dos juicios separados en el condado de Richmond, uno por robo a mano armada y otro por homicidio por delito grave, rechazando sus objeciones a un fallo sobre pruebas de oídas y a la negativa del tribunal de primera instancia de separar los cargos de asesinato.
Williams testified that, the next day, Jackson knocked on his door and asked for “Joe.” Williams answered the door and told Jackson, whom he did not know, that he was not able to repair Johnson’s car at that time. As Williams attempted to close the door, Jackson kicked the door, splitting the wood around the strike plate; forced his way inside; “flash[ed]”...
Porchia Littleton testified that she and Johnson had been close friends since childhood. In May 2010, Johnson’s car was not running, and “Joe” was going to repair it. Littleton went with Johnson once to ask Williams about the car. Jackson and Johnson visited Littleton’s home on June 21. Shortly after they left, police officers arrived and wanted to search...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 19 de enero de 2022
In the Matter of Justin Grey Woodward
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó la petición de un abogado para disciplina voluntaria e impuso una amonestación pública por descuidar el caso de un cliente y manejar mal su cuenta fiduciaria en dos incidentes separados.
With regard to SDB Docket Nos. 7422 and 7423, Woodward admits that, at all relevant times, he maintained an IOLTA trust account; that on July 23, 2018, when implementing a one-time transfer of $500 in earned fees from that account into his operating account, he “inadvertently set the transfer to be a recurring weekly transfer”; that the following week, the...
and thorough,” and he asserts that, in an effort to rectify any harm he caused, he has refunded to the clients half of the attorney fees they paid to him, less the costs for filing and serving process in the case. With regard to SDB Docket Nos. 7422 and 7423, Woodward admits that he violated Rules 1.15 (I) (a) and 1.15 (II) (b).2 He explains that both of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 9 de agosto de 2022
In THE MATTER OF GRADY ALEXANDER ROBERTS III (Four Cases)
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia inhabilitó al abogado Grady Alexander Roberts III tras determinar que reiteradamente no informó a sus clientes sobre plazos judiciales, apelaciones desestimadas y condenas en costas dictadas en su contra en dos casos distintos.
SDBD No. 7027 According to the special master, and as shown in the record,7 in 2014 Roberts was retained by a client, who was 68 years old and living on Social Security, to get a mortgage modification. The client was never presented with a modification document to review and was not updated on the status of her application. When the client asked about the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 9 de agosto de 2022
In the Matter of Dennis Robert Kurz
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó una petición de disciplina voluntaria de un abogado que se presentó en el tribunal tras beber en un almuerzo de San Valentín y manejó indebidamente fondos de una cuenta fiduciaria, pero impuso solo una reprimenda pública en lugar de una suspensión.
A second instance of Kurz effectively commingling personal and client funds occurred in 2016 in connection with Kurz’s representation of a client in pursuing civil claims related to the client’s employment. Immediately after the client paid the agreed- upon fee of $6,500 directly into Kurz’s trust account, Kurz transferred the funds to his operating...
The third instance uncovered by the Bar of Kurz effectively commingling funds occurred in 2014 and related to Kurz’s representation of a client who worked for ten years for a cleaning subcontractor at a hospital. Kurz was retained by the client to pursue a civil action against the subcontractor. The client asserted that she was fired in violation of her...
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