Cedra Mayfield

September 28, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Due process should be blind in Georgia," said NAACP Georgia State President Gerald A. Griggs. "What's good for a white sheriff should be good for a Black sheriff."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

September 28, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Voters will decide between interim Talbot County Chief Magistrate/Probate Judge Shatara Powell and challengers Brian Kempson of the Talbot County Building and Zoning Board and business relations consultant Trenda Hobbs-Thomas to fill a vacancy created by the death of Judge Sherrell Terry.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

September 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Voters will decide between incumbent Republican Douglas County Chief Magistrate Judge Susan S. Camp and Democratic challenger Ryan C. Williams, a Douglasville attorney, in the Nov. 8 general election.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

September 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Voters will decide between incumbent Interim Appling County Probate Judge Gretchen Johnson Bailey and challenger Emily Hardwick, an evidence custodian with the Appling County Sheriff's Office, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of former Judge Diane Hallman.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

September 26, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Imagine how wonderful it'd be if there was a legion of lady lawyers standing on the steps of the Supreme Court, basically giving her a public head nod, or 'you've got this,' which is a nice, quiet and dignified response to the way that she was treated during the confirmation," said Atlanta attorney Kelli Byers Hooper.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

September 23, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"I intend to become more involved in nonprofit organizations that benefit the special needs community on the south side of Atlanta," said Clayton County State Court Chief Judge Linda S. Cowen. "I have an adult son who is severely autistic, and his care and well-being in the future is of great concern."

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

September 22, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Hearing dates have been set for suspended Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer, suspended Habersham County Chief Magistrate Judge Gerald W. Johnson and Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

September 21, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The task at issue here—removing or failing to remove an order from a stack of case files—is a mere physical task requiring no 'discretionary judgment' that is 'functionally comparable' to those [made by] judges,'" the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

September 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"We conclude that, even considering counsel's interest in this case, this category of orders—i.e., orders denying a counsel's motion to withdraw based on a conflict of interest—is not among the 'very small class' of interlocutory rulings that can bypass the ordinary statutory procedures for appellate review," wrote Justice Shawn LaGrua.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

September 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It's remarkable to me that the government is playing games," said Justice Charles Bethel during oral arguments Tuesday. "I'm not saying you, Counsel—understand that—but the government you represent is playing games with the process of qualifying candidates for office in a democratic society."

By Cedra Mayfield

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