Full Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ November 12, 2026 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A27D0258. PICK UP & GO MOVING INTERNATIONAL INC v. CB DIRECT LLC. In this garnishment action, non-attorney Kim Maddox, purportedly on behalf of plaintiff Pick Up & Go Moving International, Inc., filed an application for discretionary appeal of a trial court order dismissing the action, releasing funds to defendant CB Direct LLC, and awarding CB Direct interest and attorney fees.“[O]nly a licensed attorney is authorized to represent a corporation in a proceeding in a court of record, including any proceeding that may be transferred to a court of record from a court not of record.” Eckles v. Atlanta Tech. Group, 267 Ga. 801, 805(2) (485 SE2d 22) (1997). Further, pursuant to Court of Appeals Rule 2(a), all filings submitted in this Court must be signed “by an attorney of record, an attorney granted courtesy appearance, or pro se party.” And a court filing submitted by a non-attorney on behalf of another party is ineffectual. See Gamble v. Diamond “D” Auto Sales, 221 Ga. App. 688, 689(3) (472 SE2d 446) (1996) (finding the notice of appeal filed by plaintiff’s non-attorney husband was ineffectual). Accordingly, this discretionary application has no legal effect and therefore is hereby DISMISSED. We also take this opportunity to inform both Maddox and Pick Up & Go that, under Court of Appeals Rule 7(e)(2), a penalty of up to $10,000 may be assessed against any party in a civil case who files an application for discretionary appeal that is deemed to be frivolous. Given that Pick Up & Go was already warned by the trial court that it was required to have an attorney represent it, yet it pursued this discretionary application through a non-attorney representative, this application is frivolous. We will exercise our discretion in this instance and decline to impose sanctions. But we caution both Maddox and Pick Up & Go that any future frivolous filings may result in sanctions. Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 11/12/2026 I certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Witness my signature and the seal of said court hereto affixed the day and year last above written. , Clerk.