Johns Creek, GA
Divorce and separation Lawyer at Johns Creek, GA
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation
OUTCOME: Sucessfully reversed trial court verdict against client.
Represented mom in declaratory judgment action by father concerning the interpretation of holiday and weekend visitation provisions in the parties' final divorce order. The Fulton County court ruled th ... at under the agreement, the father was entitled to an extension of holiday visitation.
OUTCOME: Successfully reversed trial court judgment against our client.
A Georgia trial court granted summary judgment to a seller, on its verified complaint against a buyer, seeking payment for goods the buyer ordered but failed to pay for.
OUTCOME: Sucessfully defend and upheld grant of summary judgment for our client's unjust enrichment claim.
Represented Landlord in case where a former tenant claiming the landlord was unjustly enriched by improvements the tenant made to the premises. The landlord counterclaimed, asserting that the tenant br ... eached the lease by failing to pay amounts due for rent and by leaving the building in a damaged condition. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-11-56, the Georgia trial court granted the landlord's summary judgment. The tenant appealed.
OUTCOME: Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Georgia upheld our client's rights to purchase the hotel
Our client, the purchaser, entered into a contract for the purchase of a hotel. Seller maintained that purchaser breached the contract and as such he no longer had to sell him the hotel. At the trial ... court level, won summary judgment claim mandating specific performance against seller.
OUTCOME: Corporation was allowed to pursue its lawsuit despite its admininstrative dissolution.
The case involved whether an administratively dissolved corporation lacked the capacity to sue.
OUTCOME: Successfully defended trial court award in favor of our client.
Represented landlord regarding a commercial lease wherein landlord obtained past due rent, etc. from tenant.
OUTCOME:
Georgia Uniform Commercial Code
OUTCOME:
Appeal over covenant not to sue
OUTCOME: Upheld lower court and administrative court decision
Case involved contract interpretation. Specifically held: "When the language of an agreement is plain and unambiguous, the court must afford its literal meaning, despite a party's contention that he u ... nderstood the contract to mean something else."