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Representative Cases

The firm’s previous successes are not predictive of success with your particular matter. Each case is different. Each case must be evaluated on its own merits. The firm cannot ethically make promises or guarantees regarding the successful conclusion of your matter.

DelPiano v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. I

345 Ga. App. 151 (2018) (Georgia Court of Appeals reversal of trial court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings to a bank seeking equitable reformation of the security deed improperly encumbering the firm’s client’s property);

Vargo v. Adams

302 Ga. 637 (2017) (Supreme Court of Georgia’s precedent-setting affirmation of trial court’s denial of equitable partition of real property to an unmarried couple, and a case that presents an important lesson to unmarried people seeking to own property together without a prior agreement);

Nadel v. Branch Banking and Trust Co.

340 Ga. App. 213 (2017) (Georgia Court of Appeals case reversing the trial court’s confirmation of a non-judicial foreclosure sale due to insufficiency of notice of the hearing);

Gulia v. North Atlanta Bank

334 Ga. App. 701 (2015) (Georgia Court of Appeals case affirming the sufficiency of the trial court’s notice of a non-judicial foreclosure confirmation hearing);

Stoudemire v. HSBC Bank USA

333 Ga. App. 374 (2015) (Georgia Court of Appeals case relating to the facial invalidity of assignments of security deeds and addressing the issue of the “time-travelling” notary public);

An v. Active Pest Control South, Inc.

313 Ga. App. 110 (2011) (Georgia Court of Appeals reversal of a trial court’s grant of summary judgment against the firm’s client regarding structural pest-control company’s grossly negligent treatment and monitoring of termite infestation);

Shiva Management v. Walker II

308 Ga.App. 878 (2011) (Georgia Court of Appeals reversal of a trial court’s grant of summary judgment against the firm’s client regarding a slander-of-title claim arising out of a broken contract to purchase real estate);

Lumsden v. Williams

307 Ga. App. 163 (2010) (Georgia Court of Appeals reversal of trial court’s grant of summary judgment against the firm’s clients (the purchasers) in connection with a real estate purchase contract regarding which the sellers argued that the purchasers’ efforts to repair damages that the sellers refused to repair waived the purchaser’s warranty rights; at trial, jury returned highly favorable verdict to the purchasers; the first case in Georgia to interpret the “Repair Act” O.C.G.A. § 8-2-36, et seq., and the first case addressing the Ga. Dept. of Community Affairs’s authority to adopt certain uniform building codes);

Otero v. Vito, et al

2009 WL 3063426, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86638 (M.D. Ga. Sept. 22, 2009) (U.S. District Court’s granting summary judgment in favor of the firm’s client thus unraveling a massive and complex fraudulent conveyance scheme that had been protecting millions in assets — and that the firm was able to discover, freeze, and then help collect for its client);

DuPree v. South Atlantic Conference of Seventh Day Adventists

299 Ga. App. 352 (2009), (cert. denied 1/12/10(Georgia Court of Appeals reversal of the trial court’s grant of summary judgment against the firm’s client (the purchaser) in connection with a real estate purchase contract with respect to which it was determined that a jury should determine whether the seller could be considered to have waived certain terms in the contract that it raised as justification for refusing to complete the transaction);

Shiva Management v. Walker I

283 Ga. 338 (2008) (Supreme Court of Georgia reversal of a trial court’s injunction against the firm’s client’s non-judicial foreclosure proceeding and clarifying rules affecting non-judicial foreclosures in Georgia);

Amin v. Guruom

280 Ga. 873 (2006) (quiet-title case in which amicus brief filed by the firm persuaded the Supreme Court of Georgia to reverse itself upon reconsideration — an extremely rare event — and to adopt a rule affecting parties prosecuting deed-reformation claims of predecessor property owners);

Tidwell v. Bassett

271 Ga. App. 867, 611 S.E.2d 123 (2005) (often-cited case clarifying rules affecting deed reformation in Georgia);

PlayNation Play Systems, Inc. v. Howard
(In re Howard)

2004 WL 5848047, 2004 Bankr.LEXIS 1804 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. Sept. 24, 2004) (unreported adversary proceeding in which the firm persuaded a bankruptcy judge to deny a bankruptcy discharge to a judgment debtor of its client);

Authentic Architectural Millworks v. SCM Group USA

262 Ga. App. 826 (2003) (Court of Appeals often-cited case reversing the trial court’s adverse decision against the firm’s client, clarifying rules affecting businesses’ lost profits claims, and addressing rescission requirements in the context of fraud claims);