Cedra Mayfield

December 15, 2022 | Law.com

"The cure really has become the disease," said attorney Ryan Baker of Waymaker in Los Angeles. "Anti-SLAPP has become bloated, and certainly in California it's become a problem for real plaintiffs."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

December 14, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed Habersham County Solicitor General William R. Oliver to fill a newly created Mountain Judicial Circuit judgeship.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

December 13, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Unfortunately, you just cannot rely on early representations or statements made about the extent of insurance," Jeb Butler said. "When we required an affidavit sworn under oath by the insurance company, they finally disclosed, 'Oh yeah, there is additional insurance.'"

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 13, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed Carroll County State Court Judge Erica L. Tisinger to fill a Coweta Judicial Circuit superior court vacancy created by the appointment of the Judge Bill Hamrick to the Georgia State-wide Business Court in August.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

December 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The strategy in a nutshell was really putting ourselves in the position of retirees," said plaintiff attorney Miguel Dominguez of Morgan & Morgan in Atlanta. "How much is it worth to have a retirement plan and to get to the threshold of it and then have to deal with persistent neck and back pain everyday of your life since a wreck five years ago?"

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

December 09, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Some attorneys are keeping firearms in their office," said Edwards Family Law attorney Regina I. Edwards. "Make sure to get appropriate training for anyone who may have to use the firearm."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 08, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The Georgia Constitution affords the JQC jurisdiction over respondent's pre-judicial conduct to the extent such conduct 'brings the judicial office into disrepute,'" the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel ruled. "JQC Rule 2(B)(1) likewise gives the JQC jurisdiction over respondent's alleged conduct before he became a judge."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Following the Dec. 6 runoff election, Georgia voters have unseated incumbent Polk County Probate Court Judge Shayne Green, and retained incumbent Talbot County Magistrate and Probate Judge Shatara Powell.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

December 06, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Ahead of a 2023 Judicial Qualifications Commission ethics hearing, defense counsel for Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson has motioned to dismiss 42 of 50 counts of ethics charges filed.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 05, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The Stokes family has a legal lineage spanning more than 250 years, but just achieve a new first with its ninth generation of lawyers.

By Cedra Mayfield

9 minute read