Wade et al v. Wood

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:22-cv-01073

Court:

Georgia Northern

Nature of Suit:

Assault Libel & Slander

28:1332 Diversity-Libel,Assault,Slander

Judge:

Michael L. Brown

Firms

  1. August 16, 2024

    Jury Says Lin Wood Must Pay $750K In Defamation Case Fees

    A day after returning a $3.75 million verdict against retired Atlanta defamation attorney Lin Wood in the defamation case brought against him by three of his former law partners, a Georgia federal jury on Friday said he must also pay $750,000 toward their attorney fees and costs. 

  2. August 15, 2024

    Lin Wood Must Pay Ex-Partners $3.75M, Ga. Jurors Say

    A Georgia federal jury said Thursday that controversial ex-attorney Lin Wood must pay $3.75 million to his three former law partners and cover their attorney fees and costs, with the exact amount of those fees to be determined Friday morning.

  3. August 14, 2024

    Lin Wood Defends Social Posts In Long Day Of Testimony

    Controversial ex-attorney Lin Wood was pushed on his claim that social media posts he made about three of his former law partners following the 2020 dissolution of his firm were an attempt at self-defense when he took the stand Wednesday in Georgia federal court.  

  4. August 13, 2024

    Lin Wood Says Social Posts Were Defense, Not Offense

    Controversial ex-attorney Lin Wood took the stand Tuesday in a defamation case brought against him by three of his former law partners over social media posts in which Wood claimed they tried to criminally extort him after his firm's dissolution, telling jurors he only took to social media to defend himself. 

  5. August 12, 2024

    'All Hell Broke Loose,' Wood's Ex-Partner Says Of Social Posts

    A former law partner of controversial ex-attorney L. Lin Wood on Monday told a Georgia federal jury that social media posts Wood made accusing her and two other former partners of defamation led to widespread online harassment, damage to her professional reputation and threats. 

  6. August 09, 2024

    Wood's Ex-Partner Says Social Posts Threatened His Family

    One of three attorneys accusing their former law partner, controversial ex-attorney L. Lin Wood, of defamation took the stand Friday, telling a Georgia federal jury that a payment demand they sent Wood after his firm's dissolution wasn't extortion but was instead an attempt to protect themselves and their families.

  7. August 08, 2024

    Wood's Ex-Partners Seek 'Judgment Day' For 'Lin Almighty'

    Thursday, as counsel for the former law partners of controversial ex-attorney Lin Wood put it to a Georgia federal jury, was an auspicious day, as it was a "judgment day" and a chance to "bring down a judgment on a monster" who slandered the three attorneys who for years helped him build a successful law practice.

  8. July 19, 2024

    Lin Wood Loses Bid To DQ Judge In Ga. Defamation Case

    A Georgia federal judge on Friday refused to recuse himself from presiding over a trial in the defamation case against retired attorney L. Lin Wood from his former colleagues, ruling that Wood's disqualification bid against him is "untimely and, in any event, meritless."

  9. July 17, 2024

    Ex-Partners Fight 'Cynical' Lin Wood's Judge DQ Attempt

    Former colleagues of retired Georgia attorney Lin Wood slammed a bid to have the judge presiding over a defamation trial next month disqualified over his ties to Alston & Bird LLP, calling the effort "another last-minute, 'Hail Mary' attempt to delay the upcoming trial."

  10. July 12, 2024

    Lin Wood Wants Judge Disqualified In Ga. Defamation Case

    Controversial retired Georgia attorney L. Lin Wood has asked that a Georgia federal judge be disqualified from presiding over a defamation case he's facing from his former law partners, arguing that the case involved two witnesses from Alston & Bird LLP, where the judge previously worked.