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Robbins Firm Recruits Two Government Lawyers

Written by Firm | Sep 23, 2013 | News

Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield has recruited two lawyers from state government for its growing regulatory and administrative law practice. Vincent Russo resigned as general counsel and assistant securities commissioner for the Georgia Secretary of State’s office to join the firm as counsel on Sept. 1. The litigation also recruited […]

Firm Obtains Rare Summary Judgment Victory in Arbitration

Written by Firm | Jun 29, 2013 | Results

We represented the developer of a luxury Atlanta hotel and residential condominium building.  The plaintiffs had purchased a condominium unit directly above the hotel elevators and alleged that the elevators in fact were disruptive and rendered the unit uninhabitable.  Plaintiffs filed an arbitration alleging breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation, fraud, […]

Fulton will pay tax chief’s legal fees

Written by Firm | Jun 21, 2013 | News

Fulton County taxpayers have already been funding a take-home SUV for Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand, the state’s highest-paid elected official. Now they’re paying for his lawyer, too, at a price of $275 an hour. The county is hiring a private attorney to defend Ferdinand against a lawsuit filed by north […]

Fulton tax chief reinstates critic’s auto tag

Written by Firm | May 29, 2013 | News

A struggle over power and accountability between the Fulton County tax chief and a north Fulton commissioner took another turn Wednesday. Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand reinstated the auto registration on a 2004 Jeep driven by Commissioner Liz Hausmann’s 24-year-old daughter, meaning she can use it again without fear of arrest. […]

Dismissal Obtained in Georgia Case for Out-of-State Clients

Written by Firm | May 21, 2013 | Results

Our clients, two Nevada corporations, were sued by a Georgia corporation for allegedly failing to pay amounts due under a contract.  The contract regarded a car race which was to take place in Nevada.  We filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, alleging a lack of contacts […]

City’s iconic buildings face wrecking ball

Written by Firm | May 12, 2013 | Press

It was a hard, bleak winter for historic preservationists in Atlanta, a city already infamous for not saving the sign posts of its past. In December, the McCord Apartments, a three-story building on Seventh Street designed in the 1920s by Atlanta neo-classicist architect Neel Reid was devoured by an excavation […]

Firm Wins Appeal 5-2 on Fraud and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims

Written by Firm | Apr 13, 2013 | Results

We represented a company that has an online vendor management system for the state of Georgia.  Our client was sued by subcontractor for breach of contract, fraud and misrepresentation, and breach of fiduciary duty.  The Georgia Court of Appeals concluded that the breach of fiduciary duty claim should have been […]