Cedra Mayfield

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

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February 07, 2025 | Law.com

Return to Work Mandates Among Current Mental Health Stressors for Legal Professionals

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Stacey Dougan, an Atlanta-based lawyer-turned-therapist, expounds on the current state of mental health in the legal profession following a recent string of widely publicized national tragedies and divisive politics.

By Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith

1 minute read

February 06, 2025 | Daily Report Online

Georgia's Next Judge? Sole Candidate Shortlisted to Rise to Bench

The Judicial Nominating Commission of Georgia has shortlisted a single candidate to fill a vacancy on the Worth County State Court bench.

By Cedra Mayfield

2 minute read

February 05, 2025 | Daily Report Online

Medical Student's Error Takes Center Stage in High Court 'Agency' Dispute

The Supreme Court of Georgia could soon decide whether physicians can be held vicariously liable for a supervised medical student's acts or omissions under either general agency principles or the borrowed-servant doctrine.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

February 05, 2025 | Litigation Daily

Annual Self-Check: Testing For Bias On The Bench

A Southern judge opens up about a test he takes to help ensure he remains unbiased on the bench and the pivotal experience that motivated the annual tradition.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

February 04, 2025 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers' Reenactment Footage Leads to $1.5M Settlement

Collaborating plaintiff counsel with Butler Kahn in Atlanta and Nicholson Revell in Augusta resolved a personal injury complaint opposite defense counsel with the Mayers Law Firm in Augusta for $1.5 million. Now the plaintiff trio is revealing to the Daily Report how counsel utilized their own reenactment of the vehicular collision, in addition to a Rule 68 Demand, to secure the seven-figure settlement after a prior policy limits demand offer expired.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

February 03, 2025 | Daily Report Online

Apply Now: Superior Court Judge Sought for Mountain Judicial Circuit Bench

The Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting applications to fill a superior court vacancy in the Mountain Judicial Circuit that serves Banks, Habersham, Stephens and Rabun counties.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

February 03, 2025 | Law.com

Which Legal Tech Jobs Are on the Rise, and Which Aren't, with Jared Coseglia

TRU Staffing Partners' Jared Coseglia on the evolving legal tech talent market, where it is headed, which jobs will likely be 'in demand' and which, perhaps against current belief, won't.

By Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield

1 minute read

January 30, 2025 | Daily Report Online

A Plan Is Brewing to Limit Big-Dollar Suits in Georgia—and Lawyers Have Mixed Feelings

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

Not the Typical Defense: Strategic Motion in Limine Kills $2M Demand

"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

Coming This Year: Statewide Case Management System

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