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| ===The Honorable Adele P. Grubbs=== | | ===The Honorable Adele P. Grubbs=== |
| According to an article written by [https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/north-fulton/former-alpharetta-judge-was-personal-attorney-for-city-prosecutor/QIU2EWWPXNFELMVGU6ICOX4KKE/ Adrianne Murchison and published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution] in July of 2022, the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) found "reasonable cause" that Zimmerman "violated the code of judicial conduct.” It has since been confirmed that while Zimmerman was acting as the Alpharetta Municipal Court Judge, he "presided over thousands of cases argued by a solicitor who had hired him to be her private attorney," which is of course a conflict of interest.
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| "The JQC resolved its investigation against Zimmerman in June when he decided to step down from the bench. He agreed not to accept any elected or appointed judicial office in the future 'in lieu of formal charges,' the JQC report states. The report said the agreement is 'a fair disposition of the matter and is in the interests of justice.'"<ref>[https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/S22J1115-JQC-Rule-11.A-Report-of-the-JQC.pdf In re Judge Barry Zimmerman, JQC Disposition (2022)]</ref>
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| ===The Honorable G. Grant Brantley=== | | ===The Honorable G. Grant Brantley=== |
| In a [https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/alpharetta-judge-presided-over-cases-represented-defendants-same-time-investigation-finds/HUPKU3OKHJBU5A6RV67BXLB2Z4/ story by Bryan Mims of WSB-TV], it was reported that Zimmerman acted as both lawyer and judge in at least six cases dating back to 2008. Zimmerman denied the accusations. According to the investigation by the City of Alpharetta: "Instead of removing the case from the Municipal Court of Alpharetta to the State Court of Fulton County, Judge Zimmerman would negotiate the case with Solicitor Fran McQueen, use attorney Keith Brandon as a ‘straw man’ defense attorney on a plea in absentia and then have another Judge for the Municipal Court sign the orders."
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| "It was just devastating to think that the person in charge of making sure our court system worked well and worked legally was also the person who seems to have let us down," said city attorney Randy Rich.
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