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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September 24, 2021 | Daily Report Online

'Video Matters': Litigators Share Their Top 3 Civil Rights Strategies for 2021

"It often requires that we engage in status-quo-busting, game-changing work, which is not popular," said Davis Bozeman Johnson Law founding partner Francys Johnson.

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September 24, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Chief Justice Expresses 'Concern' After Both Sides Suggest Mandamus Remedy Against Governor

"Mandamus is not available against the governor," Chief Justice David E. Nahmias said during oral arguments in Floyd v. Stone, an appeal challenging an Augusta Judicial Circuit gubernatorial appointment.

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September 23, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta Civil Rights Criminal Justice Legal Summit Postponed as COVID-19 Cases Spike

A new date for the inaugural legal summit planned for Sept. 22-24 has not yet been announced.

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September 22, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Supreme Court Upholds General Personal Jurisdiction Ruling Nearly 30 Years Later

The justices court unanimously upheld that Georgia courts can exercise general personal jurisdiction over any out-of-state corporation that is "authorized to do or transact business in this state at the time a claim arises."

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September 22, 2021 | Daily Report Online

'File an Injunction,' Submit Amicus Briefs: How Lawyers Say Fellow Jurists Can Help Haitian Refugees Now

"We want to file an injunction against the Biden administration, what they're doing and how they're doing it," said Judith Delus Montgomery of the Haitian Lawyers Association of Georgia. "We need jurists in Texas, because obviously it's a jurisdiction issue. We would have to file it in Texas.

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September 21, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Justice March Wraps With Litigators Securing US Attorney Meeting, 'FBI Investigation'

"We understand the journey for justice is a marathon," attorney Mawuli Davis said. "This leg, we did what we set out to do: ... the U.S. Attorney's Office [acknowledged] that the FBI has an interest in this case."

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September 20, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Attorneys Write Letter Calling on DA to Have Grand Jury Review Pretrial Conditions

"We implore you to perform your statutory duty to protect and defend the citizens of Clayton County, even the ones presently incarcerated as pre-trial detainees," the attorneys said in a letter.

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September 20, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Cheat Codes From the Bench: Don't 'Overprove a Point'—and Other Litigation Tips From Ex-Judges

"Every former judge will tell you that we know arguments that work with judges and arguments that work with juries," said former DeKalb County State Court Judge Dax E. Lopez.

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September 17, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Tables Turned: Georgia Judges Take Virtual Stand, Answering Questions on Twitter

"No questions about your case or politics," tweeted Judicial Council Administrative Office of the Courts staff as the annual Constitution Day Twitter Townhall began.

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September 17, 2021 | Daily Report Online

'I Was Handsome While I Was on the Bench': Judges Give a Candid Look at Life After the Black Robes

"Judges were hard on me," said former Fulton County Superior Court Judge M. Gino Brogdon. "They had to establish that they were the only judge in the room."

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