Zahra Karinshak and Adam Sparks represented a municipal councilman defending himself against an action in Fulton County Superior Court attacking his ability to perform his public duties.  The Court recently dismissed the lawsuit.

Halsey Knapp and Adam Sparks of Krevolin & Horst, along with Morrison & Foerster, are counsel to a group of Georgia voters who have challenged the constitutionality of Georgia’s election system. On August 15, 2019, the federal judge presiding over the case ruled that the voters and their co-plaintiffs are substantially likely to succeed on […]

When Furtah Prep received news less than a week before its boys’ basketball team was set to begin tournament play that the team would be suspended due to an unexplained rules’ violation, the school gave Krevolin & Horst partner Joyce Gist Lewis a call. Acting quickly, Joyce and associate Barclay Hendrix investigated and determined that […]

The Georgia Court of Appeals ordered an opinion affirming the trial court’s grant of sanctions/attorneys fees against the plaintiff and her law firm for refiling a lawsuit in state court that already had been dismissed in federal court.

Joyce Gist Lewis secured a confidential settlement in favor of the minority owner of a hotel after the trial court ordered his partner, who had previously denied the client’s ownership interest, to make a full financial disclosure and pay attorney’s fees.

Joyce Gist Lewis served as lead trial counsel representing the receiver of a failed community bank in the first case tried to a jury following the Georgia Supreme Court ruling in Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Loudermilk, which outlined the limits of Georgia’s business judgment rule as a defense to claims of director and officer […]

Joyce Gist Lewis won a unanimous defense verdict in a state court jury trial in which the Plaintiff, alleging that his FELA employer’s negligence caused him to suffer permanent injuries to his spine which would limit his ability to work for the remainder of his life, sought damages in excess of $1 million. Following a […]

Joyce Gist Lewis attained a confidential settlement in favor of the founder and majority owner of a local servicing company after his business partners of less than one year filed suit to eject him from the business.

Joyce Gist Lewis received a full summary judgment in favor of metro Atlanta county on Title VII retaliation claims and Rule 12(B)(6) dismissal of Section 1983 claims.

Joyce Gist Lewis secured a $14 million settlement against the former officers of a community bank in Puerto Rico after demonstrating that the officers breached their fiduciary duties and failed to comply with representations made to regulators as a condition of being permitted to transfer mortgage servicing from the bank’s holding company to the bank.