Georgia Conversion Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Edward Kelvin Pope, et al. </h2> </center>
Rome, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Edward Kelvin Pope, David Wilson, and Kevin Josue Campos Rivera coordinated with Jose Santos Isaola Cisneros, a federal inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Atlanta, were accused of distributing methamphetamine to couriers and customers throughout north Geo... More...
$ (03-11-2026 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Ramiro Contreras-Sandoval </h1></h1>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing over 135 kilograms of a liquid methamphetamine mixture and possessing firearms as an illegal alien and in furtherance of his drug trafficking crimes. <br> <br> Following a five-day federal trial, a jury convicted Ramiro Contreras-Sandoval, 41, an illegal alien originally from Michoacan, Mexico, of distrib... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Corey Boyer, a/k/a Baby Joker, Antonio Smith </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Ga. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Selling Drugs and Machineguns </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b> <br> GoodFellas Gang Members Sentenced to Prison for Selling Drugs and Machineguns</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><... More...
$0 (08-28-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Rosa Elena Rangel Pantoja; Dustin Burgess; Berzain Leal Batrez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Atlanta, GA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Massive Methamphetamine Conversion and Trafficking Ring </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Members of Massive Methamphetamine Conversion and Trafficking Ring Sentenced</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Rosa Elena Rangel Pantoj... More...
$0 (11-21-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Rosa Elena Rangel Pantoja; Dustin Burgess; Berzain Leal Batrez </h1>-
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, GA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Massive Methamphetamine Conversion and Trafficking Ring </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Members of Massive Methamphetamine Conversion and Trafficking Ring Sentenced</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Rosa Elena Rangel Pantoja, ... More...
$0 (11-22-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Rosa Elena Rangel Pantoja; Dustin B0urgess; Berzain Leal Batrez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, GA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with operating a large methamphetamine conversion and distribution organization. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Members of Massive Methamphetamine Conversion and Trafficking Ring Sentenced</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Rosa El... More...
$0 (11-22-2024 - GA)Madhu Iyer v. Prism FSH Properties, LLC, et al.
<h2>Atlanta, Georgia civil litigation lawyers represent the plaintiff and the defendant in a case about equitable relief and conversion.<br> </h2> <br> <br> Madhu and Ganesan were divorced in February 2017 pursuant to a divorce decree that incorporated the parties' settlement agreement. The agreement provided that Madhu would receive a 50 percent interest in Prism HSH, a real estate investment lim... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Genaro Davalos-Pulido </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute multiple kilograms of methamphetamine and for illegally possessing a firearm in furtherance of that drug trafficking offense. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Drug Trafficker Sentenced for Oper... More...
$0 (10-12-2024 - GA)Stewart J. Smith v. United States of America
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with this lawsuit in federal district court against the United States, proceeding under the Federal Tort Claims Act claiming the Department of Veterans Affairs (the "VAâ€) breached their legal duty to exercise ordinary medical care and negligently failed to diagnose his throat cancer and immedia... More...
$0 (11-09-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Mario Alberto Montenegro
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with (1) conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and (2) possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Mario Alberto Montenegro was indicted by a grand jury and subsequentl... More...
$0 (10-12-2021 - GA)DAVID B. GREENBERG v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Income Tax lawyer represented Respondent - Appellee with five notices of deficiencies ("NODsâ€) issued by the Internal Revenue Service against him. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> This case concerns the appeal of five cases filed by Greenberg that were <br> consolidated by the Tax Court in Tax Court Docket Nos. 1143-05, 1335-06,... More...
$0 (10-11-2021 - GA)United States of America v. MARIO ALBERTO MONTENEGRO
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with (1) conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and (2) possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Mario Alberto Montenegro was indicted by a grand jury and subsequentl... More...
$0 (09-13-2021 - GA)STEWART J. SMITH v. United States of America
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, Georgia - Medical Malpractice lawyer represented defendant with claiming various medical professionals negligently failed to diagnose his throat cancer and immediately treat it. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The VA provides medical care to veterans through the Veterans Health <br> Administration ("VHAâ€). The Secretary of Veterans Affai... More...
$0 (09-10-2021 - GA)STEWART J. SMITH versus UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with proceeding under the Federal Tort Claims Act. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 2018, Mr. Smith, a veteran, initiated this lawsuit in federal district court <br> against the United States, proceeding under the Federal Tort Claims Act <br> USCA11 Case: 20-11365 Date Filed: 07/29/2021 Page... More...
$0 (08-11-2021 - GA)United States of America v. Hassan Ra El, a/k/a Rasheem Harrson Crockett
Atlanta, GA - The United States of America charged Hassan Ra El, a/k/a Rasheem Harrson Crockett with mail fraud.<br> <br> Hassan Ra El, a/k/a Rasheem Harrson Crockett has pleaded guilty to mail fraud related to a scheme in which he falsely claimed to be a member of the Moroccan Royal Family to defraud business owners around the country to pay an advance fee before obtaining millions in business lo... More...
$0 (01-21-2020 - GA)The Estate of Caldwell Jones, Jr. v. Live Well Financial, Inc.
This case arises out of the foreclosure of a home-equity conversion<br> mortgage—commonly called a “reverse mortgage.” We are asked to interpret a<br> federal statute, 12 U.S.C. § 1715z-20, which authorizes the Secretary of the<br> Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a mortgage-insurance<br> program designed to encourage lenders to offer reverse mortgages and thereby<br... More...
$0 (09-12-2018 - GA)Metlife Life and Annuity Company v. Connecticut v. Uzo Akpele, J.E.A., et al.
Plaintiff MetLife Life and Annuity Co. of Connecticut (“MetLife”) initiated this interpleader action under Rule 22 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and sought to pay into the registry of the district court the proceeds of an insurance policy on the life of Dr. Ignatius Akpele, deceased. The defendants named by MetLife were Uzo Akpele (the widow of Dr. Akpele), J.E.A. (a minor child of D... More...
$0 (03-29-2018 - GA)Amanda Sue Smith v. United States of America
Amanda Sue Smith filed a three-count complaint against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) seeking damages arising from a soured business arrangement she entered into with an FBI confidential informant. The district court granted the United States’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, finding that Smith’s claims had no basis under Georgia law and thus could no... More...
$0 (10-23-2017 - GA)United States of America v. Rigoberto Fernandez-Gonzalez, a/k/a Juan Garcia
Atlanta, GA - Defendant sentenced to Federal Prison for trafficking 59 pounds of “Ice”<br> <br> Rigoberto Fernandez-Gonzalez, a/k/a Juan Garcia, has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 59 pounds of methamphetamine, or “ice,” and for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.<br> <br> “This defendant sought t... More...
$0 (06-28-2017 - GA)State of Georgia v. Beverly Hall, et al.
Atlanta, GA - The State of Georgia charged Tabeeka Jordan and 9 others were charged with racketeering, making false statements, theft and false swearing. The State asserted by Beverly Hall, the 2009 recipient of the Superintendent of the Year at the American Association of School Administrators, and 34 other educators committed various felonies by cheating in various ways to make the scores made... More...
$0 (04-02-2015 - GA)Jose Antonio "Tony" Cua-Toc v. Erick Cervantes
Jose Antonio "Tony" Cua-Toc, age 27, sued Erick Cervantes on a conversion theory claiming that Cervantes cashed a $750,000 lottery ticket for him and kept the money. Cua-Toc, a native of Guatemala, entered the country illegally in 2000 and worked for Cervantes. When the won the lottery, he asked Cervantes to cash the ticket for him, which he did, but he kept the money rather than give it to him.... More...
$750000 (03-09-2012 - GA)Jennifer Keeton v. Mary Jane Anderson-Wiley
Jennifer Keeton was enrolled in the Counselor Education Program at Augusta State University (ASU), a Georgia state school, seeking to obtain her master's degree in school counseling. After Keeton completed her first year in the program, ASU's officials asked her to participate in a remediation plan addressing what the faculty perceived as deficiencies in her "ability to be a multiculturally compet... More...
$0 (12-16-2011 - GA)James M. Capone v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
Plaintiff-Appellant James Capone struck his head on the bottom of the ocean while diving in the Bahamas, paralyzing himself from the neck down. Capone sought benefits under the Accidental Death and Personal Loss provision of his employee health insurance policy administered by Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna). Aetna denied Capone's claim for benefits twice, prompting this civil action. The dis... More...
$0 (01-12-2010 - GA)Daisey Abdur-Rahman, et al. v. John Walker, et al.
This appeal presents the question whether reports by compliance inspectors of a water and sewer department that "owe[ their] existence†to investigative duties assigned to the inspectors are protected by the First Amendment from managerial discipline. Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 421, 126 S. Ct. 1951, 1960 (2006). Daisy Abdur-Rahman and Ryan Petty, inspectors formerly employed by the ... More...
$0 (05-11-2009 - GA)City of Atlanta v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al.
In 2006, Appellant City of Atlanta filed suit against Appellee Hotels.com, L.P., and several other online travel companies ("OTCsâ€)1 seeking recovery for the OTCs' alleged liability for unpaid hotel occupancy taxes. Following the trial court's dismissal of the City's action, the Court of Appeals affirmed based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction due to the City's failure to exhaust availa... More...
$0 (03-23-2009 - GA)<a href="http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200415679.pdf" target="_new">Krista Jackson v. Cintas Corporation and Randy Hatfield</a>
<P>This appeal by an employee who sued her former employer presents three issues. The first issue is a jurisdictional question of first impression in our circuit: <P>whether an order compelling arbitration and dismissing a complaint, but retaining jurisdiction over a motion for sanctions, is a final and appealable decision. Because the dismissal disposes of the entire case on the merits and th... More...
$0 (09-22-2005 - GA)Citizenship Education Fund and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition v. Eric Williams
<P>Citizenship Education Fund and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition sued Eric Williams for conversion of film taken by Williams of Jessee Jackson. The defendant claimed that he was not paid by Jackson's organizations for the work that he performed, health benefits, and time off he was owed while working for Jackson from 1999 to 2002.... More...
$1 (10-27-2004 - GA)<a href="http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200314123.pdf" target="_new">Gerald W. Jones, et al. v. American General Life and Accident Insurance Company</a>
<P> In this ERISA case, Appellants Gerald W. Jones, John H. Askew, Jr., Lloyd E. Maddox, and Anna H. White, representing themselves and over 1,400 similarlysituated class members (collectively the "Appellants"), appeal the district court's orders granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee American General Life and Accident Insurance Company ("American General") on their ERISA S... More...
$0 (05-24-2004 - GA)<a href="http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200311056.pdf" target="_new">Priscilla Hill v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.</a>
<P> This appeal involves the interplay between the Federal Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (2000), which requires telecommunications service providers to file tariffs with the Federal Communications Commission, and the federal "filed rate doctrine," which prohibits customers from directly challenging those filed tariffs in state or federal court. Plaintiff-appellee, Priscilla Hil... More...
$0 (04-01-2004 - GA)<a href="http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200311169.pdf" target="_new">Club Car, Inc. v. Club Car (Quebec) Import, Inc.</a>
<P> Club Car of Quebec (CCQ) and its president, Martin Murphy, appeal the judgment against them on several claims arising out of Club Car Inc.'s termination of CCQ as its distributor of golf carts. We affirm. <P>Background <P>Under a series of written distribution agreements, CCQ, a Quebec corporation, served as the Quebec distributor of golf carts manufactured by Club Car, a Georgia corpor... More...
$1557360 (03-17-2004 - GA)National Community Development Services, Inc. v Mark L. Jennette
Agency Law - Fundraising - Plaintiff alleged that while the defendant was acting as their agent, the defendant breached numerous agreements as well as his fiduciary duties. The plaintiff stated that the defendant diverted business directly to defendant. The defendant claimed that the agreements he made while acting as the plaintiff's agent were not enforceable and denied that he had breached any... More...
$235000 (06-28-1999 - GA)Diane Carlson v. Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, et al.
Fraud, willful misconduct and conversion of her property relating to the loss of a drawing depicting two skiers rescuing a child, Prince Haako Haahonsson of Norway. Plaintiff loaned the drawing to Atlanta Centennial Olympic Properties for display in a traveling exhibit before the 1996 Olympic games. The drawing turned up missing in March 1995. Carlson, who found the drawing in the 1960's in an ... More...
$225000 (03-29-2000 - GA)Steven Patrick v. Galen Kilburn, Jr., et al.
Conversion - Breach of Fiduciary Duty - Steven Patrick sued Galen Kilburn, Jr., Kilburn Young Asset Management Corporation (KYAMC), Robert Young, and Donald Burton for conversion and breach of fiduciary duty stemming from the defendants' alleged conversion of shares of KYAMC stock that had been given to Patrick. In August ... More...
$108396 (11-09-1999 - GA)Deborah Sieg Bowen, et al. v. John Tatum and Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn
Legal Malpractice - Negligence - Conspiracy - Fraud - Conversion - Mrs. Robert Sieg, Sr. and Deborah Sieg Bowen sued attorney John Tatum and the law firm of Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, alleging that Tatum committed professional malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, conspiracy, fraud, and conversion. The plaintiffs,... More...
$0 (11-18-1999 - GA)Richard Stewart, M.D., et al. v. John B. Stewart, Jr.
Probate - Will - Power of Attorney - In July 1991, Mrs. Stewart and her stepdaughter, Mrs. Core, executed general powers of attorney in favor of defendant to enable him to manage their assets and to provide for their needs as they grew older. Approximately four months earlier, acting under a power of attorney given her by her stepdau... More...
$0 (10-29-1999 - GA)Mary Martin v. Infinity Insurance Company
Insurance - Fraud - Conversion - Plaintiff Mary Martin brought suit against defendant Infinity Insurance Company seeking damages and OCGA § 13-6-11 expenses of litigation and attorney fees arising out of alleged fraud in the sale and cancellation of her automobile liability insurance policy. The record reflects that ... More...
$11573 (11-01-1999 - GA)Matthew K. Lamb v. State Farm mutual Auto Insurance Companies
Conversion - On March 9, 1996, Lamb was injured and his car sustained severe damage in a collision with Sally Soggs, State Farm's insured. A State Farm appraiser deemed Lamb's 1987 Honda CRX, which had in excess of 177,000 miles, to be a total loss. While settlement negotiations were pending, State Farm arranged for La... More...
$0 (09-16-1999 - GA)Gnann v. Roberson
Legal Malpractice, Conversion, Fraud, Civil RICO - Attorneys David Roberson and John Woodall represented Julia Mae Shiggs, via her court-appointed guardian, in a medical malpractice action against Dr. Speir N. Ramsey at Memorial Medical Center after Shiggs became permanently incapacitated, lapsed into a coma, and died following a caesarean section. As administrator of Shiggs' estate, J. Hamrick G... More...
$1362500 (02-26-1998 - GA)Todd Jakobsen v. Colonial Pipeline Company, et al.
Breach of Contract - Conversion - Nuisance - Trespass - Todd Jakobsen sued both Colonial Pipeline Company and Plantation Pipeline Company for, inter alia, breach of contract, conversion, nuisance and trespass stemming from the defendants' use of easements located on Jakobsen's property.... More...
$164300 (03-17-1999 - GA)Superglass Windshield Repair, Inc. et al. v. Mitchell
Plantiff and several members of its board of directors appeal the trial court's grant of defendants motion to enforce a settlement agreement with regard to his action for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, and conversion of certain windshield repair technology. ... More...
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