Cedra Mayfield
Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @cedramayfield
April 13, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Georgia AG, Political Challengers Pick Sides Over New Gun Law Ahead of Elections"Laws like this don't make communities safer," said Democratic Georgia Attorney General candidate Christian Wise Smith. "In fact, they make it more dangerous for Black and brown communities—and we need to push back."
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
April 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online
'Desperate Corners': Anti-Abortion Legislation Could Ignite Tinderbox of Litigation Over Enforcement"You'd think that Texas prosecutors would've checked the law before charging Lizelle Herrera with murder," tweeted attorney Huwaida Arraf. "Although charges were dropped, Herrera spent 2 nights in jail, and the precedent is chilling."
By Cedra Mayfield
4 minute read
April 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Old Law No Longer Governs: 11th Circuit Upholds New Limit on Lawyers' Go-To Remedy"Had the deed been signed only a few weeks earlier, it would have been completely valid," read a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruling. "At that time Georgia law permitted deeds to be either attested by or acknowledged before an official."
By Cedra Mayfield
4 minute read
April 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Georgia Judge Steps Down Amid Ethics InvestigationThe judge is set to retire July 1.
By Cedra Mayfield
2 minute read
April 08, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Ketanji Brown Jackson: Attorneys Celebrate Confirmation, Call Out Disparate Treatment"An [Arkansas] Senator attempting to associate a Black SCOTUS nominee with a rise in dangerous crime is also a page from the confirmation hearing for Thurgood Marshall 54 years ago," tweeted Sherrilyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund president and director-counsel emeritus.
By Cedra Mayfield
6 minute read
April 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online
'All the Windows Exploded': Judicial Emergency After Tornado Tears Through Georgia Courthouse"Everyone was safe in the courthouse vault," tweeted the Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts.
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
April 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Judges Behaving Badly: A Look at Georgia Judicial MisconductBetween Jan. 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022, 15 Georgia judges became the target of judicial misconduct investigations. Click through the articles to learn which judges have been named, cleared and why.
By Cedra Mayfield
2 minute read
April 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online
The Biggest Pitfalls for Judges Facing Ethics InvestigationsFrom investigated judges' alleged judicial misconduct to their defenses and ultimate consequences, here are the top three takeaways jurists may want to consider.
By Cedra Mayfield
6 minute read
April 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Most Judges Don't Survive Ethics Violations—But These 3 DidDuring a 15-month period, nine judges have had their ethical misconduct cases disposed. Of these, two remained on bench. A third resigned, but later became a senior judge.
By Cedra Mayfield
10 minute read
April 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Judges Under Investigation: These Georgia Jurists Are Facing Ethics Cases for Alleged ViolationsAlleged inappropriate social media exchanges, extramarital affairs with court staff, physically attacking inmates and soliciting funds resulted in eight judges being formally charged with violating the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct between Jan. 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022. Another six judges have had their ethical misconduct cases dissolved during the same timeframe.
By Cedra Mayfield
19 minute read
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