More bad news for a Georgia judge: The JQC is not backing down on its efforts to get him dismissed

More bad news for a Georgia judge: The JQC won’t back down on its efforts to remove him | daily report

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Christian Coomer, Christian A. Coomer Attorney, Cartersville Ga. Christian Coomer, Attorney Christian A. Coomer, Cartersville, Georgia (Photo: John Disney/ALM)

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“We look forward to reporting to the Supreme Court on the errors in the report and the recommendation,” said Coomer’s defense attorney Mark Lefkow.

May 15, 2023 at 12:48 p.m

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Cedra Mayfield

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  • The Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission is again recommending that the Georgia Supreme Court remove suspended Georgia Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer from office.
  • The JQC Hearing Panel made a second recommendation after the Supreme Court dismissed the first recommendation for failing to take account of the suspended judge’s prejudicial conduct.
  • With the allegations of harmful conduct unresolved, the JQC Hearing Panel rules that the JQC Director has proved 14 amended formal allegations of misconduct against Coomer.
  • Coomer’s defense attorney challenges the recommendation and plans to “report the errors in the report and the recommendation to the Supreme Court.”

The Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission has again recommended that the state Supreme Court remove suspended Georgia Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer from office.

The second recommendation follows the Justice Department’s re-examination of Coomer’s conduct after the Supreme Court clarified in March that the JQC did not have jurisdiction to consider ethics violations related to the detrimental conduct of the defendants.

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