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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April 30, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Meet the JNC: To Rise to Bench, Most Lawyers Must First Pass Powerful Gatekeepers

Click through the slideshow to meet the gatekeepers.

By Cedra Mayfield

1 minute read

April 29, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Trial by Fire: Young Lawyer's Biggest Case—an Arson Prosecution—Comes at Height of Pandemic

"That was actually my first felony jury trial ever," said Assistant District Attorney Jared Horowitz. "I was brought in June of 2020—just in the middle of the pandemic."

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

April 29, 2021 | Daily Report Online

She Did It: How These Lawyers Reached the Top Despite Grim Prospects

"The important thing to remember is regardless of your race or background, if you have done the necessary work and are otherwise qualified, you deserve to be here," said Cobb County Superior Court Judge Kellie S. Hill.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

April 28, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Back Up and Running: Inside Cobb County's First Superior Court Trial Since 2020

"We ordered clear face masks for the jurors to use," Cobb County Superior Court Judge Ann B. Harris said. "But here's the thing: They weren't particularly comfortable because they were plastic."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

April 28, 2021 | Daily Report Online

All Eyes on Fulton: Will Governor Break Streak With Superior Court Appointment?

"There's been only one African American appointment to the Fulton County Superior Court in the last 18 years," said attorney Wayne B. Kendall.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

April 27, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Who's Becoming Judges in Georgia? Here's Everyone Governors Elevated in Last Decade

Use this searchable chart to see everyone who has risen to the bench on a gubernatorial appointment between March 30, 2011, and Feb. 22, 2021.

By Cedra Mayfield

1 minute read

April 26, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Appellate Panel Makes Procedural Distinction in Estate Fight

"This is where the trial court appears to have messed up," said estate attorney Ronald L. Hilley II. They were looking at the weight of the evidence and instead should have just been looking at whether there still remains a 'genuine dispute of material fact.'"

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

April 26, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Lowering Their Sights: Why Some Lawyers Are Giving Up Their Dreams

"I don't know what to say about the process," said trial attorney Kelli Hooper, who's tried four times to become a judge. "There seems to be something else going on."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

April 23, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Hobbled by Pandemic, a Georgia Court Sets Priorities

The Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit is homing in on one of its biggest goals since the coronavirus forced it to shutter in 2020: strategically slicing…

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

April 22, 2021 | Daily Report Online

Not Enough Courtrooms: This Georgia Superior Court Is Bursting at the Seams

"All of the superior courtrooms are located at the very top of the building, at the very top of an antiquated, obsolete elevator shaft with equally antiquated, obsolete elevator cars," one judge said. "It can take a long time to get jurors up there."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

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