Note Purchase Co. of Georgia, LLC v. Brenda Lee Strickland Realty, Inc.

Mikell, Judge.

We granted this discretionary appeal to review the order awarding $6,732.50 in attorney fees to Brenda Lee Strickland Realty, Inc. (“Strickland”), in an action filed by Note Purchase Company of Georgia, LLC (“NPC”). Because the trial court did not hold a hearing and did not enter findings of conduct justifying such an award, we reverse the order and remand the case to the trial court for reconsideration of the award. The relevant facts follow.

NPC filed an action against Strickland and others in the State Court of DeKalb County. That action was voluntarily dismissed and timely…