Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @cedramayfield
February 07, 2025 | Law.com
Return to Work Mandates Among Current Mental Health Stressors for Legal ProfessionalsIn 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 BenchThe 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' DisputeThe 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 BenchA 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 SettlementCollaborating 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 BenchThe 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 CosegliaTRU 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 FeelingsTwo 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 SystemOn 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
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