Cedra Mayfield

December 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online

After 25 years of service to the Georgia Court of Appeals, Presiding Judge M. Yvette Miller will retire from the intermediate appellate bench when her fourth term of office expires on Dec. 31. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Report, Miller said she'd "fulfilled her purpose on the court," before revealing that she's "ready for a new challenge."

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

December 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ahead of the new year, Gov. Brian Kemp has reconstituted the Judicial Nominating Commission for the State of Georgia. In an executive order issued Friday, Kemp named new leadership who'll oversee the 38-member judicial watchdog agency.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

December 19, 2024 | Daily Report Online

A staple in Atlanta's municipal court is pushing for Georgia legislators to modernize the Peach State's Traffic Violation Bureau Act after identifying unintended consequences of traffic violators paying citations online.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

December 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

As 18 new magistrate judges prepare to take the bench across the state in January, the Council of Magistrate Court Judges of Georgia is outlining the training it's offering to ensure its newcomers don't end up on the Judicial Qualification Commission of Georgia's list of ethics violators.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Five years after a city bus struck and killed a pedestrian, Freeman Mathis & Gary litigators have convinced a Fulton County Superior Court jury to return a verdict in favor of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and its driver.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

December 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Attorneys on either side of a pandemic-related workplace accommodation dispute have reached a $795,000 resolution between the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and a former employee.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

December 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Effective Jan. 1, 2025, operations will rev up in the new West Georgia Judicial Circuit enacted in May by legislators to cover superior court matters in Carroll and Heard counties. While existing Coweta, Meriwether and Troup county superior court matters will continue to be serviced by the Coweta Judicial Circuit, only half of its eight-jurist bench will remain with the circuit.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

December 12, 2024 | Law.com

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Dan Wolfe, the senior director of jury consulting at Magna Legal Services in Chicago, Illinois, teamed with Philly-based litigation reporter Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer to test out how the firm develops prospective juror profiles.

By Aleeza Furman and Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith

1 minute read

December 12, 2024 | Daily Report Online

This time next week, Atlanta Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Shermela Williams is expected to learn the exact dates she'll appear for a final misconduct hearing before the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

December 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online

After convincing a Clayton County State Court jury to return a $3.75 million verdict in an underlying 2018 automotive tort, litigators with Morgan & Morgan have obtained a $5.6 million post-verdict settlement with State Farm Insurance.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read