Cedra Mayfield

September 06, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It's a good time to try plaintiff's medical-malpractice cases, because jurors are willing on good case to award fair damages," said Daniel J. Moriarty of Moriarty Injury Lawyer in Atlanta. "I can't remember a year where there were more big professional liability verdicts in one year. I think that's an interesting trend."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

September 02, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Lead defense attorney Francys Johnson of Davis Bozeman Johnson Law in Statesboro intends to appeal his client's involuntary manslaughter conviction on grounds "there was no predicate 'unlawful act' other than a felony."

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

September 01, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Everyone will be treated with courtesy, professionalism and respect," said Judge Stephen N. Knights Jr. "I will follow the law and continue to be fair and impartial."

By Cedra Mayfield

2 minute read

August 31, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Lawyers advising their clients should know that this law is retroactive," said Georgia Justice Project executive director Doug Ammar. "If a client has a license that was suspended automatically for missing traffic court, before the new law, the client can ask the judge to reinstate their license."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

August 30, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Our Court knows that the vast majority of people interact with us through our website," said Georgia Court of Appeals Chief Judge Brian M. Rickman. "The re-design represents our effort to enhance security, increase ease of use, and increase access to information."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

August 29, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Jerry may have broken the law by begging, but petty begging did not deserve a broken back," said plaintiff attorney Darren M. Tobin of Tobin Injury Law in Atlanta.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

August 29, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The JQC appears to suggest that it has been unable to resolve this matter because it continues to learn of additional instances of misconduct by Judge Peterson," the Supreme Court of Georgia wrote. "But the JQC has not explained how its discovery of new allegations prevents it from proceeding to a hearing on the allegations already investigated, or what sort of investigation remains to be done as to those allegations."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

August 29, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Legal deserts—characterized by few or no licensed lawyers—are spreading in Georgia's rural counties, as attorneys flood metro Atlanta and its surrounding communities.

By Cedra Mayfield

2 minute read

August 29, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"While we should be putting programs into place that will incentivize lawyers to work in underserved areas and support those lawyers so they can stay there, lawyers cannot be the only solution," said Lauren Sudeall, director of the Center for Access to Justice at Georgia State University's College of Law.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

August 29, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"We have 159 counties," said Cobb County Magistrate Court Judge Tabitha Ponder. "For Fulton County alone to have about 40% of Georgia's attorneys is not in proportion to the population."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read