Cedra Mayfield

July 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Last year that funding helped protect almost 1,000 clients against [domestic] violence," said Steve Gottlieb, executive director of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society.

By Cedra Mayfield

2 minute read

July 14, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"This decision is significant in that it now provides continuity on the preemption issue between the federal circuits," said appellant attorney Ashleigh Ruth Madison of Southeast Law in Savannah. "This continuity, in turn, will now help others achieve the justice that they also deserve."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

July 13, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Citing health concerns, the Polk County Probate Court judge is set to resign July 15. His resignation will end a pending judicial misconduct investigation.

By Cedra Mayfield

2 minute read

July 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Public reprimand of Western Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Eric Norris is scheduled for July 25 at 4:30 p.m. in Clarke County Courthouse in Athens.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

July 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"In my experience, most claimants are earning less than the maximum rate already," said Jeff K. Stinson, partner at Swift Currie in Atlanta. "This increase will not impact their claims."

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

July 08, 2022 | Daily Report Online

See the latest round of Georgia judges who've retired from the bench but continue to preside, thanks to their gubernatorial appointment as senior judges.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

July 08, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Disparities regarding the court levels to which minority appointments are placed continue to exist. Of the two appellate appointments Kemp made, both are white men. At the superior and state court levels, minorities accounted for a third of Kemp's appointments.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

July 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Lawyers can expect to have their cases handled as quickly and efficiently as possible," said the newly appointed judge. "I will listen to both sides intently, and be fair to both sides."

By Cedra Mayfield

2 minute read

July 06, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"This opinion will likely make it harder for the many families who lost loved ones during the early stages of the pandemic in facilities like this one to receive justice in a trial by jury," said Michael Perez, an Atlanta litigator unaffiliated with the case.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

July 01, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The commercial motor vehicle driver that caused this crash violated a laundry list of written safety rules the company had in place," Chris Glover of Beasley Allen in Atlanta. "This was quite possibly the most preventable case I've ever had."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read