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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June 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Dougherty Election: Valerie Brown-Williams and Judge Victoria Matu Johnson Face Off in Superior Court Race

Voters to decide between Albany attorney Valerie Brown-Williams of Brown-Williams & Associates or Dougherty County Magistrate Court Judge Victoria Matu Johnson during the June 18 runoff election for Dougherty Judicial Circuit Superior Court judge.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

June 12, 2024 | Daily Report Online

New Lawsuit: Defeated Candidate Challenges Jeff Davis' Election to Georgia Court of Appeals

"[T]here was misconduct, fraud, and irregularity in said election sufficient to change or place in doubt the results," read the petition filed Monday in Fulton County State Court.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 12, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers Face Off for Judgeship in Augusta Judicial Circuit Runoff Election

Voters to decide betweeen Augusta sole practitioner Charles H.S. Lyons III or attorney Matt Matson during June 18 runoff election for Augusta Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge.

By Eden Landow | Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

June 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Election Pits Gwinnett Judge Regina Matthews Against Lawyer Tuwanda Rush Williams

Voters to decide between Gwinnett County Magistrate Judge Regina Matthews and Thompson O'Brien Kappler & Nasuti of counsel Tuwanda Rush Williams during June 18 runoff election.

By Cedra Mayfield

14 minute read

June 10, 2024 | Daily Report Online

2 DAs, 1 Judgeship: Who Will Voters Elect to DeKalb County State Court on June 18?

Voters will decide between Fulton County Deputy District Attorney of Sexual Assault Yolanda Mack and DeKalb County Senior Assistant District Attorney Dionne McGee during June 18 runoff election for DeKalb County State Court Division 3 judge.

By Cedra Mayfield | Alex Anteau

8 minute read

June 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

'The Entire Challenge Is Now Moot': Election Certification Nixes Stay Motion

"[T]he issue of whether to grant a stay of the certification is now moot," read an order by Atlanta Judicial Circuit Judge Rachel Krause.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

June 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

BREAKING: Ruling Expected Today in Case to Block Jeff Davis' Rise to Judge

"We have moved on to the next chapter in the book," argued Senior Assistant Attorney General Russell Willard on Friday.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

June 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Judge Secured: Emergency Hearing Set in Challenge of Judicial Candidate's Election

"[T]he Court will hold an emergency hearing by videoconference on Friday, June 7, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. to consider Petitioner's Motion to Stay the Certification of the Election Results Until Elector's Challenge is Decided, to the extent the issue is not moot," ordered Judge Rachel Krause.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

June 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Meet the New Judge: Carolyn 'Tippi' Burch Appointed to Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit

"Lawyers, litigants and the public can expect me to be prepared, conscientious and hard working," said gubernatorial judicial appointee Caroyln 'Tippi' Burch.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 05, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Apply Now: State and Superior Court Judges Needed in These Courts

The Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting judicial candidate nominations and applications to fill vacancies for superior court judgeships in the Houston, Piedmont and Tifton judicial circuits and a state court judgeship in Rockdale County.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

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