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Monthly Archives: December 2014

Firm Drafts Amendments to Regulations regarding Charter Schools

Written by Firm | Dec 31, 2014 | Results

Alexa Ross and Josh Belinfante played a major role in drafting the amendments to the State Department of Education charter school regulations adopted by the State Board last month.  The amended regulations are groundbreaking in Georgia.   They set benchmarks that must be met by local school districts that authorize charter […]

Senator-Elect to Georgia Lawyers: Judges ‘Shouldn’t Create Law’

Written by Firm | Dec 16, 2014 | News

In one of his first public speaking engagements since being elected to the Senate last month, David Perdue on Tuesday told a gathering of mostly conservative Georgia lawyers that judges “shouldn’t create law.” Perdue’s remarks came at a lunch meeting of the local lawyers’ chapter of the Federalist Society, held […]

Multi-Million Dollar Judgment Obtained In Real Estate Fraud Case

Written by Firm | Dec 4, 2014 | Results

We represent a group of investors who were defrauded in a sophisticated real estate investment scam.  We sued nine defendants in federal court on counts of conspiracy, conversion, fraud, unjust enrichment; and violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1961, et seq., Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”).  We obtained (confidential) settlements […]