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Judge Flournoy, III was appointed to the Cobb County Superior Court by Governor Roy E. Barnes on July 14, 2000 and was elected without opposition in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. During his first term, he hired Tyler J. Browning (the son of Judge Flournoy’s longtime friend Tom Browning) as his staff attorney.

 

In 2010, Judge Flournoy initiated a custody action against his daughter for which he hired Thomas “Tom” J. Browning.

 

In 2016, Judge Flournoy asked Tyler Browning to be his election campaign Chairperson and Tom Browning to be his Treasurer. Both father and son accepted and still maintain those roles.

In June of 2021, Judge Flournoy was asked by way of motion to recuse himself from presiding over a custody case in which Tom Browning representing an opposing party. The case was temporarily assigned to the Chief Superior Court Judge, Robert D. Leonard II to hear the recusal motion. In a controversial ruling, Judge Leonard denied the request for recusal was and the case was assigned back to Judge Flournoy.

Conversely, in September 2021, a Petition for Writ of Mandamus was filed against the Honorable Adele Grubbs along with a request for recusal against the entire Cobb County judicial circuit. That request was granted by the Chief Superior Court Judge, Robert D. Leonard II and was ordered to be transferred to the 7th Judicial Court Administrator for further appointment to a Superior Court Judge outside the Cobb Circuit. Ironically and unlikely a coincidence, the 7th Judicial Court Administrator as of September 27, 2021 is the Honorable Robert E. Flournoy III. In short, Judge Leonard handed the case to Judge Flournoy to handpick a judge outside of Cobb County to handle the matter. The petitioner in that case filed an immediate motion to recuse Judge Flournoy from the matter. That case is still pending.