Author Archives: Dustin Marlowe

OBJ Lawyers honored by Super Lawyers® Magazine

Orr Brown Johnson LLP is proud to announce that partners Wyc Orr and Spence Johnson have been named Georgia Super Lawyers® honorees by Atlanta Magazine for 2011. Wyc Orr is included on this year’s Georgia Super Lawyers list, and Spence … Read the rest

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Johnson Named to Twilight Foundation Board

Spence Johnson has been named to the Board of Trustees of the Athens Twilight Foundation, Inc. The Twilight Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit with a mission of promoting health and fitness initiatives in the Northeast Georgia area. As part of … Read the rest

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Important Change to Ga. Service Rule

As a result of the passage of Senate Bill 491, available here, a plaintiff who perfects service on a defendant must now file the return of service within 5 days of service.  If the plaintiff does not promptly file … Read the rest

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OBJ Prevails in GA Supreme Court

Orr Brown Johnson LLP recently secured a substantial victory in a will construction case. In See v. Mitchell, the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed a ruling of the Superior Court of Cherokee County which had gone in favor of … Read the rest

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OBJ Co-Sponsors People’s Law School

Orr Brown Johnson LLP attorneys Spence Johnson and Dustin Marlowe are proud to serve as organizers for the Athens-Clarke County People’s Law School. The PLS will be held Wednesday nights in August from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the … Read the rest

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Orr Article Appears in Fulton County Daily Report

The July 19, 2010 edition of the Fulton County Daily Report contains a “special” article written by Wyc Orr, senior partner of Orr Brown Johnson LLP, about the state of the public defender system in Georgia.  Orr wrote the article, … Read the rest

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Johnson Receives AV Preeminent Rating

Orr Brown Johnson LLP is proud to announce that partner Spence Johnson has received a Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating of AV®Preeminent™. Martindale Hubbell is the oldest and most respected service for rating attorneys based upon their legal abilities and … Read the rest

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Orr Joins SCOTUS Amicus Brief

Wyc Orr, who has worked for some twenty-five years as an advocate for indigent defense in Georgia, and is a charter member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, which governs the public defender system … Read the rest

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Acknowledgment of Service vs. Waiver of Service

Lawyers, particularly those who intend to keep their licenses to practice law, are serious about deadlines.  They keep a calendar on their phone and on their desktop, and their assistants generally maintain a duplicate calendar, all with the hope and

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Venue–Joint Tortfeasors in Georgia

In M&M Mortgage Co. v. Grantville Mill (A09A2291 01/14/10), the Georgia Court Appeals reminds all Georgia civil litigators how costly suing a litigant in the wrong venue can be.  M&M, which resided for venue purposes in either Fulton County of … Read the rest

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