Cedra Mayfield

July 24, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"I am surprised and truly overwhelmed by this recognition," said Meg Daly Heap, former Eastern Judicial Circuit district attorney. "I have seen and felt the loss and pain because of my role as a victim advocate, a prosecutor and now a parole board member."

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

July 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"With negotiations concluded, Allstate ultimately paid $500,000, which was $400,000 more than what the company was contractually required to pay," said Darren Tobin, plaintiff counsel with Tobin Injury Law in Atlanta.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

July 20, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Before the Georgia Supreme Court in November, opposing appellate counsel will argue whether "the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health applied the appropriate standard in rejecting factual findings that invalidated a metro-Atlanta hospital's application for a certificate of need" under Georgia law.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

July 19, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"The Defendant does not have professional liability insurance, but has significant land holdings, and we expect to collect," said plaintiff attorney William B. Ney of Ney Rhein Williams in Lawrenceville.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

July 18, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Most people don't like getting traffic citations, particularly in small towns," said defense attorney S. Lester Tate III. "We decided that we would be better off to waive a jury trial and seek a bench trial."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

July 17, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Plaintiff's counsel requested that the court provide guidance as to what content and other public statements may be shared with the public and what plaintiff's counsel should do with content that is already in the public domain," read the motion filed by Mike Rafi.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

July 14, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Plaintiff counsel credit Butler Kahn's latest $2.3 million settlement to lawyers' adherence to four key strategies, beginning with trial preparation.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

July 13, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"[T]he order denying Judge Peterson's motion to dismiss is not 'of such importance to the case that immediate review should be had,'" read an order by the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

July 12, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"I want those judges who are more seasoned than myself to pour into me, give me advice and show me a better way of doing things," the newly appointed Dublin Judicial Circuit judge said.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

July 11, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The judge's "recent and previous actions have raised concerns about her ability to serve," read the rescission order.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read