Mary A. Stearns, P.C. v. Williams-Murphy

Mar 24, 2003

OUTCOME: Judgement affirmed for client.

This was an appeal from a March 24, 2003 order of the Superior Court of Bartow County in which respondent Mary A. Stearns was ordered to release a file relating to her representation of a former client ... , Williams-Murphy, in an on-going suit and holding Stearns in contempt for disobeying an earlier court order instructing her to release the file. In several enumerations which run together as to substance, Stearns claimed error in the superior court’s rulings. The Court of Appeals disagreed and affirmed the lower court's ruling in favor of the client.