Written by Firm | Jun 21, 2013 | News
Fulton County taxpayers have already been funding a take-home SUV for Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand, the state’s highest-paid elected official. Now they’re paying for his lawyer, too, at a price of $275 an hour. The county is hiring a private attorney to defend Ferdinand against a lawsuit filed by north […]
Written by Firm | May 29, 2013 | News
A struggle over power and accountability between the Fulton County tax chief and a north Fulton commissioner took another turn Wednesday. Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand reinstated the auto registration on a 2004 Jeep driven by Commissioner Liz Hausmann’s 24-year-old daughter, meaning she can use it again without fear of arrest. […]
Written by Firm | May 21, 2013 | Results
Our clients, two Nevada corporations, were sued by a Georgia corporation for allegedly failing to pay amounts due under a contract. The contract regarded a car race which was to take place in Nevada. We filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, alleging a lack of contacts […]
Written by Firm | May 12, 2013 | Press
It was a hard, bleak winter for historic preservationists in Atlanta, a city already infamous for not saving the sign posts of its past. In December, the McCord Apartments, a three-story building on Seventh Street designed in the 1920s by Atlanta neo-classicist architect Neel Reid was devoured by an excavation […]
Written by Firm | Apr 13, 2013 | Results
We represented a company that has an online vendor management system for the state of Georgia. Our client was sued by subcontractor for breach of contract, fraud and misrepresentation, and breach of fiduciary duty. The Georgia Court of Appeals concluded that the breach of fiduciary duty claim should have been […]
Written by Firm | Apr 4, 2013 | News
A change in Georgia’s laws meant to clarify who is exempt from registering as a lobbyist could make it easier for some lawyers to avoid registering, according to some lawmakers and government transparency proponents. Under House Bill 142, attorneys don’t have to register as long as they are “not compensated […]
Written by Firm | Mar 22, 2013 | News
A case unfolding in Fulton County Superior Court adds a new twist to complaints that police officers use overly tinted windows as a pretext for traffic stops that are actually based on racial or ethnic profiling. An attorney for Deon Grant, the NFL safety who helped power the New York […]
