Cedra Mayfield

October 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Nothing in this language excludes from that broad approval a person who secretly 'intends' to turn around and sell the policy to someone without an insurable interest," read the Supreme Court of Georgia opinion drafted by Justice Andrew Pinson.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

October 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Suicide is ... one of the greatest causes of maternal mortality in the world," testified Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "The idea that we're going to exclude psychiatric illness, which is a medical illness, to me is just an enormous injustice and will result in women dying."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

October 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"In all the times I've interacted with him, he's never given me any other side of other than being a person of character and integrity," testified former United Community Bank president Barry "Butch" Emerson on suspended Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer's behalf.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

October 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The pass rate of 65.2% for the July 2022 exam is slightly higher than the 64.4% of applicants who passed the remote exam in July 2021.

By Cedra Mayfield

1 minute read

October 21, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"I had to sell all my stocks," testified James Filhart, a former client of suspended Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer. "I lost a bunch of money."

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

October 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It's my understanding that [Mr. Filhart] was relying on Mr. Coomer's promise to repay the loan within a short period of time and that's why he agreed to terms of the loan where he couldn't get paid back," testified Cedartown attorney Wright Gammon Jr.

By Cedra Mayfield

9 minute read

October 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The decision to protect the public through this type of system is a discretionary one," argued appellee attorney Terry E. Williams of Williams, Morris and Waymire. "Even a failure to go punch the button still involves the exercise under that umbrella of the discretionary function."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

October 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Any time I made a personal purchase, I made an effort to balance that out," testified suspended Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer during his hearing before the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

October 18, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"If you've misrepresented the law, we're going to pick up on it," said Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin Land. "If you lose your credibility, you've lost everything."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

October 14, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"You have to be very collaborative and listen to your colleagues and that's where the challenge comes in with peer leadership," said Judge Ural Glanville, who'll replace retiring Atlanta Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read