Donald Sterling can’t catch a break these days. The disgraced owner of the Los Angeles Clippers lost another major battle in Court last month, with a Judge ruling in favor of his estranged wife and allowing her to move forward with the sale of the team. Sterling appealed the ruling in a final effort to block the sale, but his…
By Justin O’Dell Starting this month, we are going to switch our discussion of Dick and Jane to the topic of divorce. This topic has a variety of subtopics and issues and we will spend time each month looking at issues ranging from division of property, alimony, child support, child custody and attorney’s fees. For this month, the discussion needs…
Wise words by Justin O’Dell in May 2013 proved to be true a year later as Awtrey Middle School Principal, Jeff Crawford, was cleared of accusations regarding an alleged failure to report. The alleged incident was said to have occurred in February 2013 and Mr. Crawford was notified on March 1, 2013 of a suspension by the CCSD. It took…
By Justin O’Dell Thus far, Dick has been served with a lawsuit for breach of his employment contract, but has prevailed in avoiding an interlocutory injunction shutting down his new company. We have discussed the discovery process, mediation/arbitration and are now on to a final trial. Recall that employment contracts are unique in that a Judge decides whether or not…
Marc Anthony is going to have to start churning out more hits in order to keep up with the recent child support obligation he was ordered to pay. Dayanara Torres, Anthony’s first wife and the mother of his two oldest children, filed a child support modification action in November of 2013 seeking an increase in Anthony’s monthly child support payments. …
By Leslee Champion Marcia Milliman may have stated it best when she said, “when love has vanished, there’s only money left to divide.” As nearly half of the marriages in the United States end in divorce, Courts are regularly faced with question of how to divide the martial property. Most states, including Georgia, provide for an equal distribution in dividing…
The View doesn’t look too good right now for Sherri Shepherd. The typically upbeat co-host of the daytime talk show “The View” is currently dealing with not one, but two separate custody battles. It has been widely reported that Shepherd’s current husband, Lamar Sally, initiated legal proceedings on May 2, 2014 seeking full legal and physical custody of their unborn…
By Justin O’Dell Thus far, Dick has been served with a lawsuit for breach of his employment contract, but has prevailed in avoiding an interlocutory injunction shutting down his new company. We have discussed the discovery process, mediation/arbitration and are now on to a final trial. Recall that employment contracts are unique in that a Judge decides whether…
By Justin O’Dell When we last saw Dick and Jane, Dick had been served with a lawsuit for breach of his employment contract, but had prevailed in avoiding an interlocutory injunction shutting down his new company. We moved through discussions of the discovery process, mediation/arbitration and are now on to a final trial. Recall that employment contracts are unique in…
Olympic bronze-medal winning ice skater Johnny Weir’s marriage to his attorney husband, Victor Varnov, is on thin ice. The pair wed in New York City on New Year’s Eve in 2011 in a civil ceremony. Weir filed for divorce in February of 2014 citing domestic difficulties, and not unlike his flamboyant shows on the ice, the demise of his marriage…
