Cedra Mayfield

April 16, 2024 | Law.com

This week, Legal Speak spoke live on location at the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024 in Chicago with professionals from across the legal industry about key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and more.

By Cedra Mayfield | Patrick Smith

1 minute read

April 16, 2024 | Law.com

This week, Legal Speak spoke live on location at the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024 in Chicago with professionals from across the legal industry about key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and more.

By Cedra Mayfield | Patrick Smith

1 minute read

April 15, 2024 | Daily Report Online

In addition to detailing how each contender would diminish the Douglas Judicial Circuit's backlogged cases, the trio provided individual insight on their views about alternative and innovative sentencing, jury nullification and judicial misconduct.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

April 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Former Rockdale County State Court Chief Judge Clarence Cuthpert Jr. and Rockdale County Juvenile Court Judge Maureen Wood are competing to replace retiring Rockdale County Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Mumford on the bench.

By Cedra Mayfield

14 minute read

April 10, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Former Fulton County Solicitor General Tiffani Johnson has been disqualified from the Atlanta Judicial Circuit race, leaving incumbent Judge Scott F. McAfee to run against attorney challenger Robert H. Patillo II.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

April 10, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"Ms. Vie is a qualified candidate, and she looks forward to getting past these continued attempts to deprive voters of a choice for their next Probate Judge," said respondent counsel Justin O'Dell of O'Dell and O'Neal in Marietta.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

April 09, 2024 | Daily Report Online

As petitioner counsel seek discovery ranging from the candidate's delivery and rideshare records to "cell phone tower ping data," respondent counsel counter the permissibility of the request "under [Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings] Rules or the Administrative Procedure Act."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

April 08, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Zaine Hedge of the Hedge Law Office, Nicole Jones of Jones Federal & Appellate and Douglas County Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney Lauren Wallace are competing to replace retiring Judge William 'Beau' McClain on the Douglas County Superior Court bench.

By Cedra Mayfield

9 minute read

April 05, 2024 | Law.com

In this week's Legal Speak episode, James Whittle with the American Property Casualty Insurance Association dives into the impact of what the organization has dubbed "legal system abuse" as social inflation—the belief that large corporations are "bad actors with deep pockets"—helps fuel "nuclear" verdicts.

By Cedra Mayfield | Patrick Smith | Elana Ashanti Jefferson

1 minute read

April 05, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"You win a fraud case during cross-examination," said defense counsel Jon Huffman of Poole Huffman. "The lawyer must show ... that the witness is a liar. If you do so, you prove fraud."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read