Cedra Mayfield

May 06, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It's most unfortunate that the plaintiff used race as a Hail Mary in this case," said appellee attorney Gary Freed of Freed Grant in Atlanta. "This is not a racial issue."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

May 05, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"We have placed contact information at gabar.org for specific departments," said State Bar of Georgia Communications Director Jennifer Mason. "People can certainly call those phone numbers and we will help them to the best of our abilities to try to get them the information they're looking for."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

May 05, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"[The planning director's] words were 'no more than a neutral statement of the present zoning in effect, a fact [the developer] could easily [have] obtain[ed] himself by consulting the proper records,'" the Supreme Court of Georgia determined.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

May 03, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The Supreme Court clarified that a government employee cannot sue for a retaliatory termination under the Georgia Whistleblower Act until an authorized supervisor terminates the employee," said appellant counsel Barton Black of Blue Sky Law in Smyrna.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

May 03, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Douglas County resident and Attorney Ryan Williams formally announced his withdrawal from the May 24 primary election for Douglas County Superior Court judge," read a statement issued by William's campaign. "Williams now joins the race for Douglas County chief magistrate judge for the November general election, and will replace Sylvia Wayfer Baker as the Democratic candidate on the ballot."

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

April 29, 2022 | Daily Report Online

After qualifying and campaigning to replace retiring Cobb County Superior Court Judge Robert Flournoy III in the May 24 nonpartisan primary election, Cobb County Magistrate Judge Sonja N. Brown has also been shortlisted as a potential replacement for retiring Judges C. LaTain Kell and Mary Staley Clark.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

April 28, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"In the absence of malice or intent to injure, 'no liability attaches to the officer's exercise of his lawful discretion even when the decision to effectuate the arrest is flawed,'" the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

April 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Henderson and Henderson Legal contend the trial court erred in concluding venue was proper in Clayton County, when no defendant resides in Clayton County, and the suit sounds in equity, not law," wrote Georgia Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard. "We agree."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

April 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The CDC has no authority to make immigration policy," tweeted Dunwoody attorney Darlene Lynch.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

April 26, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The misconduct here was egregious and I think that became apparent through the presentation of our case," said plaintiff attorney Rob Carlson of Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & DeLoach in Atlanta.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read