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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April 27, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Who's Becoming Judges in Georgia? Here's Everyone Governors Elevated in Last Decade

Use this searchable chart to see everyone who has risen to the bench on a gubernatorial appointment between March 30, 2011, and Feb. 22, 2021.

By Cedra Mayfield

1 minute read

April 26, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Appellate Panel Makes Procedural Distinction in Estate Fight

"This is where the trial court appears to have messed up," said estate attorney Ronald L. Hilley II. They were looking at the weight of the evidence and instead should have just been looking at whether there still remains a 'genuine dispute of material fact.'"

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

April 26, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Lowering Their Sights: Why Some Lawyers Are Giving Up Their Dreams

"I don't know what to say about the process," said trial attorney Kelli Hooper, who's tried four times to become a judge. "There seems to be something else going on."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

April 23, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Hobbled by Pandemic, a Georgia Court Sets Priorities

The Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit is homing in on one of its biggest goals since the coronavirus forced it to shutter in 2020: strategically slicing…

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

April 22, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Not Enough Courtrooms: This Georgia Superior Court Is Bursting at the Seams

"All of the superior courtrooms are located at the very top of the building, at the very top of an antiquated, obsolete elevator shaft with equally antiquated, obsolete elevator cars," one judge said. "It can take a long time to get jurors up there."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

April 22, 2021 | Law.com

Miracle and Nicole: How 2 Realtors Built Thriving Businesses During the Pandemic

"I was not expecting to be doing two to four closings a month for six months straight," said real estate agent Nicole Jones. "I had my busiest year last year, and I'm busier this year."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

April 21, 2021 | Daily Report Online

'Sitting Alone in Their Houses': Isolated Lawyers Wrestle With Impostor Phenomenon

"It is a constant struggle to remember that I belong exactly where I am and that it is a result of the hard work I put in," said lawyer Tremaine Hemans. "The learning curve as a new attorney is daunting."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

April 21, 2021 | Law.com

Husband, Family and Firm: A Lawyer Juggles Heartbreak Amid the Pandemic

"When I first found out that we had lost the baby, I called our managing partner and the other partners I work with and told them," said attorney Kelsey Kicklighter.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

April 20, 2021 | Daily Report Online

How a Georgia Case for $1 Made It All the Way to the U.S. Supreme Court—and Back

"This case asks whether an award of nominal damages by itself can redress a past injury," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the U.S. Supreme Court. "We hold that it can."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

April 20, 2021 | Law.com

'Not Worth It': He Made a Million Dollars in the Pandemic. But Lost What He Loved Most

"Even though I had so much success with finances, I felt like it was not worth it," said Diego Denson, a cybersecurity consultant whose business thrived as companies shifted to remote work at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

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