Cedra Mayfield

Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @cedramayfield

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November 02, 2021 | Daily Report Online

It Took a Decade, but This Disbarred Gainesville Attorney Just Regained His Law License

"He took responsibility for his actions ... and described his efforts to become sober and maintain his sobriety," read a Supreme Court of Georgia decision granting the attorney's fitness for readmission.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

November 02, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Reversed: MARTA Trial to Take Place in DeKalb County, Instead of Transit Authority's 'Fixed Venue' in Fulton

"The trial court abused its discretion in ordering severance of the claims because such severance neither furthered convenience nor avoided prejudice to MARTA," Presiding Judge Sarah Doyle wrote in a Georgia Court of Appeals decision.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

November 01, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Unsatisfied Fourth Prong of Georgia Asbestos Act Secures Reversal in Johnson & Johnson Appeal

"Anybody that has litigated cases under Georgia's Asbestos Act, knows that it's not a model of statutory clarity," said John Bevis of the Barnes Law Group in Marietta.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

November 01, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers' Advice Helps Land Client in Jail, but Court Clears Them of Legal Malpractice

"The attorneys' potential criminal liability under OCGA § 16-11-62 (2) is irrelevant to their civil liability under common law invasion of privacy," the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

October 27, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Pass Rates Drop for July Georgia Bar Exam: Fewer Test-Takers, Fewer Successful Candidates

Despite a dip from 2020, the University of Georgia Law School again led Peach State institutions with the highest pass rate of first-time test takers at 95.7%

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

October 27, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Next Steps: Attorneys Seek Criminal Retrial, Civil Trial After Mistrial in Eurie Martin Murder Case

"A mistrial is not an acquittal," said Martin's family attorney, Francys Johnson of Davis Bozeman Johnson Law. "We expect that those who are charged with prosecuting cases will do so in swift regard."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

October 27, 2021 | Daily Report Online

There's a Hard Road Ahead for Georgia Lawyer McNeil Stokes in His Quest to Bring a Client's Constitutional Claim

"The system sets them up," said Mableton attorney McNeil Stokes.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

October 26, 2021 | Daily Report Online

BREAKING: Deadlocked Jury Leads to Mistrial in Case Charging Deputies in Killing of Eurie Martin

"A jury is almost being held hostage in an effort to try to reach unanimity," said Dublin Judicial Circuit Senior Judge H. Gibbs Flanders Jr. "That is not what our jury system is designed for."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

October 25, 2021 | Daily Report Online

... Waiting: Defense Lawyers Sit for Hours Across Empty Aisle While Jury Deliberates in Eurie Martin Case

"A conviction in this case for felony murder would be the first time in Georgia history that law enforcement officers will be held accountable for the murder of a Black person," said Davis Bozeman Johnson Law Firm founding partner Francys Johnson, an attorney for the plaintiff's family.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

October 25, 2021 | Daily Report Online

'A Dry Transcript' Helps to Doom Plaintiffs, as Jury Awards Defense Verdict in Georgia Med-Mal Suit

"We couldn't present his story in our way," said plaintiffs attorney Richard Mitchell of Mitchell & Shapiro in Atlanta. "That was tough."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

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