Cedra Mayfield

January 30, 2025 | Daily Report Online

Two weeks after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp pledged to make tort reform a legislative priority in his State of the State address, he announced his tort reform package Thursday morning. As the Georgia legal community begins to examine the proposal, lawyers throughout the Peach State expressed mixed reactions about Kemp's legislative push to the Daily Report.

By Cedra Mayfield

10 minute read

January 29, 2025 | Daily Report Online

"The classic defense strategy is to drag things out, file motions for summary judgment and try to prevent trial. Here, we did the opposite."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

January 28, 2025 | Daily Report Online

On Tuesday, Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Michael P. Boggs delivered his State of the Judiciary address to the Georgia General Assembly.Throughout the 30-minute report, Boggs announced the pending roll-out of a statewide case management system and proposal to digitally record court proceedings to circumvent ongoing court reporter staffing shortages. Boggs also shared legislative requests for enhanced safety for superior and state court judges, the elimination of partisan elections for probate and magistrate court judges, and pay raises for the state's more than 1,600 jurists statewide.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

January 27, 2025 | Daily Report Online

Nearly a year after vacating an order awarding $13.7 million in fees to attorneys with the Stone Law Group in Atlanta and Blakely, Fulton County State Court Judge Fred Eady has reentered the eight-figure payout.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

January 24, 2025 | Law.com

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Patrick Smith talks with author and small-firm guru RJon Robbins about the history of law as a business, whether that has become more of a focus lately and whether, regardless of what attorneys say, the law has always been a business like any other.

By Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith

1 minute read

January 23, 2025 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals and multiple county courts have extended closures through Jan. 22 due to inclement weather forecast throughout the state.

By Cedra Mayfield

2 minute read

January 23, 2025 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia Supreme Court has amended a court rule that impacts nonresident attorneys practicing pro hac vice, or unlicensed but approved, before the high court in Georgia.

By Cedra Mayfield

2 minute read

January 22, 2025 | Daily Report Online

Bibb County State Court jurors have returned a $13.7 million medical malpractice verdict against a pair of anesthesiologists whose alleged breached standard of care contributed to the death of a patient.

By Cedra Mayfield

12 minute read

January 21, 2025 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals and a growing list of county courts will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 21 due to inclement weather forecast for the Atlanta area.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

January 17, 2025 | Law.com

For the past 14 years, Spalding County State Court Judge Josh Thacker has been doing his part to help make Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of impartial justice a reality by testing for implicit biases on the bench. Now he's revealing to Law.com the pivotal experience that motivated his annual self-check.

By Cedra Mayfield

10 minute read