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
May 16, 2023 | Daily Report Online
'Honor Your Own Hard Work': Justice Welcomes Lawyers With Teary-Eyed Remarks"Tell those people in your lives that you were sworn in to the Georgia Supreme Court today," Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren said. "Do something to let those people know that their investment in you mattered."
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
May 15, 2023 | Daily Report Online
More Bad News for a Georgia Judge: The JQC Isn't Relenting on Efforts to Remove Him"We look forward to briefing the errors in the Report and Recommendation to the Supreme Court," said Coomer's defense attorney, Mark Lefkow.
By Cedra Mayfield
8 minute read
May 11, 2023 | Daily Report Online
'It Can Be Trained on Case Law': How a Lawyer Is Using Generative AI Inspired by ChatGPTAttorney Matt Q. Wetherington uses the technology to field incoming prospective client calls, for document creation and summarization tasks. He also thinks GPT could revolutionize depositions.
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
May 11, 2023 | Daily Report Online
'We Were Suspicious': $105M Settlement After Lawyers 'Sniff Out' Withheld Discovery"Parties should not withhold evidence and make misrepresentations," said plaintiff attorney E. Michael Moran of Law & Moran in Atlanta. "If it comes out, then you're in a position where you're having to enter into a very large settlement."
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
May 08, 2023 | Daily Report Online
The Jury Is Changing, Lawyers Say—Crediting Demographics for Verdict"Insurance companies beware of trying cases in Henry County," said plaintiff counsel Gabe Banks of Banks and Weaver in Atlanta. "The demographics are changing."
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
May 04, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Slow-Moving Courts: Years Into the Pandemic, Speedy Trial Requirements Aren't Being MetFive judicial circuits have leveraged relief from speedy trial requirements 15 times since 2022.
By Cedra Mayfield
3 minute read
May 03, 2023 | Daily Report Online
'Grave Concern' Led a Jurist to Admonish the Georgia Court of Appeals"I concur in the denial of certiorari, though I admonish the Court of Appeals to exercise greater care in its review of the records it reviews," wrote Justice Charles Bethel.
By Cedra Mayfield
6 minute read
May 01, 2023 | Daily Report Online
The Supreme Court of Georgia Is Granting Fewer Certs, Issuing Fewer DecisionsCourt staff attributed a decrease in issued opinions to fewer appeals from lower courts but declined to comment on why the court's granting fewer petitions for writ of certiorari.
By Cedra Mayfield
4 minute read
April 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online
This Georgia Lawyer Just Made History"I find that working moms make some of the best and strongest leaders out there," the attorney told the Daily Report.
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
April 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online
'They Have the Audacity to Blame Jurors': Do 'Bad' Lawyers Lead to Nuclear Verdicts?"Jurors award a lot of money when there are significant injuries, usually permanent, combined with defendants, their lawyers, and their insurance companies taking unreasonable positions," said Atlanta plaintiff attorney Mike Rafi.
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
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