Cedra Mayfield

June 14, 2021 | Daily Business Review

"The tools making the road to college and law school are not as easily accessible to students who look like me," said the mentorship program creator.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 14, 2021 | Daily Business Review

"Clients seem to find it easier to trust me because I look like them," said immigration attorney Tremaine L. Hemans. "I share their story. I speak with an accent, like them. And they believe my empathy."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

June 10, 2021 | Daily Business Review

"It's very easy for partners to forget how scary sometimes it is to be a young associate," said Seth B. Burack of Fox Rothschild in West Palm Beach.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 10, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"This year, we doubled-down to beat last year's numbers and raised another 3.7 million meals for the food banks," said AG Chris Carr.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

June 10, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"Last year showed us that we all need to continue growing by seeking out new work and learning about up-and-coming areas of law in order to better serve the evolving needs of our clients," said Brittanie D. Browning of Hall Booth Smith in Atlanta.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 09, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"Behavior which might be unethical and might even subject an attorney to discipline by the State Bar does not necessarily rise to the level of criminal conduct," the opinion said.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

June 08, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"Lawyers, as a class or as a group, actually tend to track low in cognitive empathy, which means they don't necessarily find it easy to put themselves in someone else's shoes," a therapist for lawyers said. "That can result in high levels of judgmentalness and obviously lack of empathy."

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

June 07, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"Any damages for which [the student] is entitled to recover ultimately stem from the bodily injuries she sustained as a result of collision," wrote an appellate judge.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

June 07, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"They waited enough time to make sure things could be done safely, and I'm certainly very happy for the people who are dealing with these tolling order deadlines that are now being reinstated," said an Atlanta-based defense attorney.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 04, 2021 | Daily Report Online

"The [personally identifiable information] obtained from ParkMobile has already been listed for sale on a Russian crime forum for $125,000," the complaint alleged.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read