Cedra Mayfield

May 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Experience matters. It matters to lawyers. It matters to residents. As we have seen in back to back financial periods, it matters to donors, and I believe it will matter to voters," said the challenger, Fulton County Juvenile Court Associate Judge Shalanda Miller.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

May 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The question isn't really, 'Should you put it back where it came from?'" argued appellant counsel David Hanson of the Weathington Firm in Atlanta. "The question is, 'How do you determine where it goes?'"

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

May 10, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The creation of this board is unconstitutional, [and] it should be disbanded immediately," tweeted Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

May 10, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The trial court erred in concluding that because Officer Graw initiated the traffic stop of [the driver's] vehicle outside the Kingsland city limits, she had no jurisdiction and, thus, was not engaged in the lawful discharge of her official duties at the time of the search and subsequent arrest," read the Georgia Court of Appeals ruling.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

May 09, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Pointing to an absence of evidence that either [the employee] or the county could have foreseen [the employee's] seizure and sudden loss of consciousness on the day of the accident, the county 'established a prima facie case in support of [its] affirmative defense of an 'act of God,'" the Georgia Court of Appeals opinion read.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

May 06, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It's most unfortunate that the plaintiff used race as a Hail Mary in this case," said appellee attorney Gary Freed of Freed Grant in Atlanta. "This is not a racial issue."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

May 05, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"We have placed contact information at gabar.org for specific departments," said State Bar of Georgia Communications Director Jennifer Mason. "People can certainly call those phone numbers and we will help them to the best of our abilities to try to get them the information they're looking for."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

May 05, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"[The planning director's] words were 'no more than a neutral statement of the present zoning in effect, a fact [the developer] could easily [have] obtain[ed] himself by consulting the proper records,'" the Supreme Court of Georgia determined.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

May 03, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The Supreme Court clarified that a government employee cannot sue for a retaliatory termination under the Georgia Whistleblower Act until an authorized supervisor terminates the employee," said appellant counsel Barton Black of Blue Sky Law in Smyrna.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

May 03, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Douglas County resident and Attorney Ryan Williams formally announced his withdrawal from the May 24 primary election for Douglas County Superior Court judge," read a statement issued by William's campaign. "Williams now joins the race for Douglas County chief magistrate judge for the November general election, and will replace Sylvia Wayfer Baker as the Democratic candidate on the ballot."

By Cedra Mayfield

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